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The Portuguese in Japan: Samurai, Jesuits and the Nanban Trade
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore Portugal's unexpected encounter with Japan in the 1540s. They begin with the arrival of three Portuguese merchants on a Chinese junk at Tanegashima, whose harquebuses revolutionized Japanese warfare. Lucas explains how the 'Nanban' or 'Southern Barbarians' were integrated into the wako pirate network and then into official trade under the Oda and Toyotomi regimes. The conversation covers the Jesuit mission led by Francis Xavier and later Alessandro Valignano, who adapted Christianity to Japanese culture and founded a seminary…
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