Chema Hernández GilDec 23, 2022

This blew my mind: In 1614, the #Indigenous #Nahua noble and #historian Chimalpahin Messenger with Shield, documented (in Nahuatl!) the arrival of the Japanese embassy in Mexico on their way to Spain.

Chimalpahin writes out the dates using the Mexica calendar as well, staring with 1-Tochtli (1-Rabbit) and goes into great detail about how the Japanese dressed and acted. Amazing.

If you read Spanish, Miguel León-Portilla translated the diaries. You can find them here, with ample background: https://sci-hub.se/10.2307/40312014

#Japan #Mexico #Native #Aztec

A San Franciscan

Show threadLoukas (They/Them) 🏳️‍⚧️
@chema we need a TV series where a Nahuatl warrior and a samurai solve crimes together in the 17th century Spanish empire. It starts off with this embassy and the jokes are the culture shock in Mexico. Later they go to Japan via Philippines and we get the reverse shock there.
Dec 23, 2022 at 5:58amWeb
Show threadChema Hernández GilDec 23, 2022

I mean, it basically writes itself honestly. It can be a prequel to the The Baroque Cycle. It can start off with the Felipe de Jesús, the young Hispano-Mexican missionary crucified in Japan in 1597.

https://mexicounexplained.com/felipe-de-jesus-mexican-martyr-japan/

Felipe de Jesús, Mexican Martyr in Japan – Mexico Unexplained

Show threadLoukas (They/Them) 🏳️‍⚧️Dec 23, 2022
@chema ok sure, but let's keep the white people mostly in the background as exotic and mysterious figures.
Show threadChema Hernández GilDec 23, 2022
I think crucified with no speaking parts counts as that.
Show threadLoukas (They/Them) 🏳️‍⚧️Dec 23, 2022
@chema
Show threadTony SantamariaDec 23, 2022
@Loukas @chema Claro que sí!