tadakuni

Updated: July 28, 2026

In 1416, however, an ambassador from the islands presented himself at the Muromachi shogunate, and twenty-five years later , the shogun Yoshinori, just before his death, bestowed Ryukyu on Shimazu Tadakuni, lord of Satsuma, in recognition of meritorious services.

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