Sokin

Japanese: 宗金 - そうきん
Sokin
?-1454 A trader from the Muromachi period.
He was a merchant in Hakata, Chikuzen (Fukuoka Prefecture), and in 1420, he served as a host for the Korean envoy Song Kikei, and in 1432, he was granted trade privileges with Korea and accepted trade from the shugo daimyo Otomo clan and others. In 1449, he also served as an envoy for the Shogun Ashikaga Yoshinori. He died in August 1450.

Source: Kodansha Digital Japanese Name Dictionary +Plus Information | Legend

Japanese:
?-1454 室町時代の貿易商。
筑前(ちくぜん)(福岡県)博多の商人で,応永27年(1420)朝鮮の回礼使宋希璟(そう-きけい)の接待役をつとめ,32年朝鮮から通交特権をえて守護大名大友氏らの貿易をうけおった。永享3年には将軍足利義教(よしのり)の使者もつとめた。享徳3年8月死去。

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