The Japan-Ming trade (tally trade) between the Muromachi bakufu (feudal government headed by a shogun) in Japan and the Ming Dynasty in China began around the time when the third Shogun Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA of the early Muromachi bakufu governed Japan and Emperor Jianwen ruled China.
日本の室町幕府と中国の明朝との間で行われた日明貿易（勘合貿易）は、室町初期の幕府3代将軍足利義満、明の建文帝の頃に開始された。