It prospered as a center for Ming trade and southern barbarian trade, forming an autonomous city centered on the kaigō assembly and accumulating vast commercial capital. The Miyoshi and Oda Nobunaga valued its wealth and trade networks; after Nobunaga's rule, it was incorporated into the Toyotomi and Tokugawa regimes.
Medieval harbor shorelines do not align with the modern Sakai old port; the coordinate represents a harbor area on the west side of the old town.
Certainty: HighHow far the account above is supported by the cited sources. It does not refer to the precision of the coordinates or the dating.
See it on the 1467 map