National / History | THE LIVING PAST Feb 15, 2014
Once upon a time, China anointed a 'King of Japan'
by Michael Hoffman
In 1401, barely a century after the Mongols' aborted invasions of Japan, and 600-odd years before Japan and China fell out over the Senkaku islets, a Chinese emperor conferred upon a Japanese shogun the title "King of Japan." Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (1358-1408) was overjoyed at this ...