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The Portuguese in Nagasaki: The Hidden Christian Century
In 1543, Portuguese traders washed ashore on Tanegashima, introducing the arquebus to Japan. Within years, Jesuit missionary Francis Xavier followed, launching a Christian century that would end in blood. This episode explores the unlikely partnership between Portuguese merchants and Japanese warlords — the 'Nanban trade' that brought silk, silver, and firearms — and the brutal crackdown that followed. We trace the rise of Nagasaki as a Jesuit-controlled port, the political calculations of Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the 1597 crucifixion of the Twenty-Six Martyrs, and the…
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