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During the Ming Dynasty, "Japanese pirates" (wokou) were a chronic problem. Do we have accounts of them from the Japanese perspective? How did they fit into contemporary Japanese society (eg were they sponsored by daimyo)?

by /u/Tiako in /r/AskHistorians

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