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The Portuguese Reach Japan: The Nanban Trade and the Lost Samurai Embassy
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the remarkable story of Portugal's arrival in Japan in 1543, when three Portuguese merchants on a Chinese junk were shipwrecked on Tanegashima, introducing firearms to a warring nation. They trace the subsequent Nanban trade period, the Jesuit mission led by Francis Xavier, and the complex relationship between the Portuguese and Japanese warlords, including Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi. The episode delves into the fate of the Japanese Christian embassy to Europe in 1585, the rise of the red seal ships, and the eventual persecution of…
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