Nanban Jidai
In the mid-1500s, a Portuguese ship sought safe harbor from Tsukushima Island and thus began a robust, vibrant trade relationship between two distant powers. In addition to guns, silks, and exotic foreign goods, however
https://ahistoryofjapan.com/2023/04/06/nanban-jidai/
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In the mid-1500s, a Portuguese ship sought safe harbor from Tsukushima Island and thus began a robust, vibrant trade relationship between two distant powers. In addition to guns, silks, and exotic foreign goods, however
https://ahistoryofjapan.com/2023/04/06/nanban-jidai/
#Season9 #SengokuJidai #ageofexploration #Christianity #Dominicans #Evangelism #FrancisXavier #Franciscans #History #imperialism #Japan #Missionaries #Portuguese #RomanCatholicism #Sengoku #Shimazu #Spanish
Nanban Jidai - A History of Japan
In the mid-1500s, a Portuguese ship sought safe harbor from Tsukushima Island and thus began a robust, vibrant trade relationship between two distant powers. In addition to guns, silks, and exotic foreign goods, however, these "Southern Barbarians" also brought missionaries preaching a religion heretofore unknown to the Japanese: Roman Catholic Christianity.

