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He first appears in Korean records in [[1423]] as an envoy of the Korean court to [[Shimazu Hisatoyo]], seeking the repatriation of Koreans who had been sold into servitude. Genchin successfully returned to Korea with nine Koreans returned by Hisatoyo.
He first appears in Korean records in [[1423]] as an envoy of the Korean court to [[Shimazu Hisatoyo]], seeking the repatriation of Koreans who had been sold into servitude. Genchin successfully returned to Korea with nine Koreans returned by Hisatoyo.
Genchin also served Hisatoyo, and the [[Matsura clan]] of Hizen at times as well.
He helped arrange for a group of Ryukyuans castaway in Korea in [[1429]] to return home, and in [[1435]] even lent his ship to a new group of Ryukyuan castaways for them to return home themselves from Korea. Two years later, Genchin traveled to [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyu]] himself to retrieve Korean castaways, to escort them home.
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==References==
*Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawai'i Press (2019), 41.
[[Category:Muromachi Period]]