ABSTRACT
From the extant historie al materials, we can at best generally trace the relationship between Satsuma and Ming China. On Hideyoshi's military expeditions to Korea, and particularly the movements of the Satsuma anny at that time, these traces can be found in Shimazu Hisatoshi's Sei-Kan roku. J first examined the copy ofthis text held in the Naikaku Bunko (originally held in the Asakusa Bunko). I later leamed that it was included in the Shimazu shiryö shü (Collection of Historical Documents on Shimazu)a and printed with annotations based on the manuscripts held in the collection of Shimazu Hisamitsu.
