This document was sent by the Ming Emperor Xiao Zong to the Ryukyuan Chuzan King Sho Shin.

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This document concerns the succession of the new emperor Xiao Zong in the Ming court, and was sent in 1487 to the Ryukyu Kingdom, a suzerain of China. It is a superb historical material regarding the exchanges between China and the Ryukyu Kingdom. In 1999 it was designated an Important Cultural Property by Okinawa Prefecture.
Okinawa Prefectural Museum Collection