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'Imperial embassies to China' were Japanese diplomatic missions intermittently sent to China between the year of 600 and 894. The missionaries were chosen from low-class aristocracies or Buddhist priests. As tributaries of Imperial China, missoinaries were intended for importing the Chinese culture such as science, technologies and especially Buddhism.
The first official embassy was sent from Wa in 600. The second delegate was proposed by Prince Shōtoku and Ono no Imoko was designated as the leader. These included Japanese oversea students for Buddhism studies.
The are the best known; they ended in 894. Imperial embassies to China were stopped in 894 on the suggestion of Sugawara no Michizane.

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List of embassies to Sui

List of embassies to Tang

See also

List of embassies to Sui

★ 600, First embassies. Written in the Book of Sui.

★ 607, Second embassies led by Ono no Imoko. Written in the Book of Sui and the Nihon Shoki.

★ 608, Written in the Book of Sui.

★ 608, Led by Ono no Imoko. Some students, such as Takamuko no Kuromaro, remained in China.

★ 610, Written in the Book of Sui.

★ 614, Last embassies to Sui. Written in the Nihon Shoki.

List of embassies to Tang

See also

★ History of China

★ History of Japan