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The Portuguese Arrival in Japan: Nanban Trade and Cultural Clash
When Portuguese traders first reached Japan in 1543, they set off a century of cultural exchange, religious conflict, and economic transformation. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the Nanban trade period—from the accidental arrival of three Portuguese merchants on a Chinese junk at Tanegashima to the introduction of firearms that reshaped Japan's Sengoku civil wars. Learn how Nagasaki grew from a fishing village into Japan's window to the West, how Jesuit missionaries like Francis Xavier navigated the treacherous politics of warring daimyo, and how the Tokugawa…
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