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Japan–Portugal relations are the current and historical diplomatic, cultural and trade relations between Japan and Portugal.The history of relations between the two nations goes back to the mid-16th century, when Portuguese sailors first arrived in Japan in 1543, and diplomatic relations officially restarted in the 19th century with the Treaty of Peace, Amity and Commerce.
Portuguese carrack depicted in a Japanese screen. Early in 18 October 1565, the lord of Hirado Matsura Takanobu attacked two Portuguese ships anchored at Fukuda, with a flottilla of eight to ten large junks, up to sixty smaller boats and several hundred samurai, when most Portuguese were ashore.
Luis Sotelo (1609, Spain) A Franciscan friar who proselytized in the Tōhoku region of Japan with the help of Daimyo Date Masamune. He was executed after re-entering Japan illegally in 1624. John Saris (1613, England) Captain of the English ship Clove, who met with shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu to establish a trading post in Japan.
Francisco Zeimoto was a Portuguese trader and mariner of the 16th century, renowned for his significant role in early European contact with Japan.Born in Portugal, Zeimoto embarked on daring sea voyages in pursuit of lucrative trade opportunities in the flourishing Asian markets.
The Christian Century in Japan: 1549–1650. Berkeley, Calif., and Los Angeles: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-02702-2. LCCN 51011017. OCLC 318190. GGKEY:BPN6N93KBJ7. Boxer, C. R. (1963). The Great Ship from Amacon: Annals of Macao and the Old Japan Trade. Lisbon: Centro de Estudos Históricos Ultramarinos. Elisonas, Jurgis (1991).
Thereafter, trade began between Portuguese Malacca, China and Japan, as the Portuguese took advantage of the Chinese trade embargo on Japan to act as middlemen between the two nations. In 1550, King John III of Portugal declared the Japanese trade a "crown monopoly", and henceforth, only ships authorized by Goa were allowed to make the journey.
Plaque of Luís Fróis, Nagasaki - Japan. Luís Fróis (1532 – 8 July 1597) was a Portuguese Catholic priest and missionary who worked in Asia, most notably Japan, during the second half of the 16th century. As a Jesuit, he preached in Japan during the Sengoku period, meeting with Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
Nanban trade (南蛮貿易, Nanban bōeki, "Southern barbarian trade") or the Nanban trade period (南蛮貿易時代, Nanban bōeki jidai, "Southern barbarian trade period") was a period in the history of Japan from the arrival of Europeans in 1543 to the first Sakoku Seclusion Edicts of isolationism in 1614.