koetomi

Updated: August 2, 2026

Subsequently, after Ouchi Yoshihiro's disaffection and disaster, a Buddhist priest and well-known artist, Soami, acted as Muromachi's envoy to the Ming Court, being accompanied by a merchant, Koetomi, who is described as thoroughly conversant with Chinese conditions. By these two the first commercial treaty was negotiated.

F. (Frank) Brinkley - A History of the Japanese People : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era