Editing Red Seal ships (section)

==Import and export==
Japanese merchants mainly exported [[silver]], [[diamond]]s, [[copper]], [[sword]]s, and other artifacts, and imported Chinese [[silk]] as well as some Southeast Asian products (like [[sugar]] and deer skins). [[Black pepper|Pepper]] and other spices were rarely imported into Japan, where people did not eat a great deal of meat due to the local preponderance of adherents to the Buddhist belief system. Southeast Asian ports provided meeting places for Japanese and Chinese ships.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}