Shô Gen received his official [[investiture]] from the [[Ming Dynasty|Ming]] Court in [[1562]], and received emissaries from the [[Shimazu clan]] of the Japanese [[Satsuma province|province of Satsuma]] in [[1570]] and 1572. The Shimazu wished to establish some control over the Ryukyus, making them either a tributary or a vassal state. The kingdom resisted the Shimazu overtures, and a small punitive mission launched by the Shimazu created a small skirmish on the island of [[Amami Oshima|Amami Ôshima]] in [[1571]]. | Shô Gen received his official [[investiture]] from the [[Ming Dynasty|Ming]] Court in [[1562]], and received emissaries from the [[Shimazu clan]] of the Japanese [[Satsuma province|province of Satsuma]] in [[1570]] and 1572. The Shimazu wished to establish some control over the Ryukyus, making them either a tributary or a vassal state. The kingdom resisted the Shimazu overtures, and a small punitive mission launched by the Shimazu created a small skirmish on the island of [[Amami Oshima|Amami Ôshima]] in [[1571]]. |