Debunks long-held assumptions regarding the lack of contact between China and Japan between 839-1403 CE, arguing that a vibrant Sino-Japanese trade network flourished in this period as Buddhist monks and merchants fostered connections across maritime East Asia. Examination of Buddhist records, objects and images illuminates how this system worked.

Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Yale University, 2017, under the title: Networks of profit and faith: spanning the sea of Japan and the East China Sea, 838-1403.