*Tokugawa shogunate officially abandons policy of seeking to restore formal relations with Ming China, declaring that from hereon, Ming would only be permitted to communicate with Japan through intermediaries, such as Korea or Ryûkyû. | *Tokugawa shogunate officially abandons policy of seeking to restore formal relations with Ming China, declaring that from hereon, Ming would only be permitted to communicate with Japan through intermediaries, such as Korea or Ryûkyû. |