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Taira Saemon-no-jô Nobushige was a [[Hakata]]-based merchant who traveled to [[Joseon|Korea]] in [[1471]] as an emissary for the court of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]].

Taira Saemon-no-jô Nobushige was a [[Hakata]]-based merchant who traveled to [[Joseon|Korea]] in [[1471]] as an emissary for the court of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]].

Nobushige led this 1471 mission to Korea alongside the Buddhist monk [[Jitan]]<!--自端-->. He is also said to have been the one to suggest to Ryûkyû the implementation of a system of half-cut [[tally trade|tallies]], to help serve as the mark of a legitimate commercial/diplomatic representative.<ref>Hashimoto Yû. "The Information Strategy of Imposter Envoys from Northern Kyushu to Choson Korea in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries." in Angela Schottenhammer (ed.) ''The East Asian Mediterranean: Maritime Crossroads of Culture, Commerce and Human Migration''. Harrassowitz Verlag, 2008. 295-296.</ref> He was granted formal official's robes by the Ryukyuan court, but is said to have actually desired to be named an official of the Korean court.

Nobushige led this 1471 mission to Korea alongside the Buddhist monk [[Jitan]]<!--自端-->. He is also said to have been the one to suggest to Ryûkyû the implementation of a system of half-cut [[tally trade|tallies]], to help serve as the mark of a legitimate commercial/diplomatic representative.<ref>Hashimoto Yû. "The Information Strategy of Imposter Envoys from Northern Kyushu to Choson Korea in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries." in Angela Schottenhammer (ed.) ''The East Asian Mediterranean: Maritime Crossroads of Culture, Commerce and Human Migration''. Harrassowitz Verlag, 2008. 295-296.</ref> He was granted formal official's robes by the Ryukyuan court, but is said to have actually desired to be named an official of the Korean court.<ref>Tomiyama Kazuyuki, ''Ryûkyû ôkoku no gaikô to ôken'', Yoshikawa kôbunkan (2004), 48.</ref>

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