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A mission to Sui in [[607]] was led by [[Ono no Imoko]]. He was dispatched by [[Shotoku Taishi|Shôtoku Taishi]] in the 7th month of that year, and met with Empress Yang in Luoyang in the 3rd month of [[608]]. It was during this meeting that he is said to have conveyed a message containing the phrase 「日出づる処の天子、書を日没する処の天子にいたす。恙なきや。」 (“The Son of Heaven in the Land where the Sun Rises sends this message to the Son of Heaven in the Land where the Sun Sets. Are you well?”), today a very famous and very early use of the term "Land of the Rising Sun" to refer to Japan. Imoko returned to the Japanese islands shortly afterwards, arriving in Kyushu in the 4th month of 608, along with Pei Shiqing, a Chinese envoy, and arriving in [[Asuka]] in the 8th month. The following month he turned around and escorted Pei back to China, where he remained for roughly one year, returning once again to [[Yamato province|Yamato]] in the 9th month of [[609]].

A mission to Sui in [[607]] was led by [[Ono no Imoko]]. He was dispatched by [[Shotoku Taishi|Shôtoku Taishi]] in the 7th month of that year, and met with Empress Yang in Luoyang in the 3rd month of [[608]]. It was during this meeting that he is said to have conveyed a message containing the phrase 「日出づる処の天子、書を日没する処の天子にいたす。恙なきや。」 (“The Son of Heaven in the Land where the Sun Rises sends this message to the Son of Heaven in the Land where the Sun Sets. Are you well?”), today a very famous and very early use of the term "Land of the Rising Sun" to refer to Japan. Imoko returned to the Japanese islands shortly afterwards, arriving in Kyushu in the 4th month of 608, along with Pei Shiqing, a Chinese envoy, and arriving in [[Asuka]] in the 8th month. The following month he turned around and escorted Pei back to China, where he remained for roughly one year, returning once again to [[Yamato province|Yamato]] in the 9th month of [[609]].

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