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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.
Alessandro Valignano (1579, Italy) was an Italian Jesuit priest and missionary who helped supervise the introduction of Catholicism to the Far East, and especially to Japan. He first visited Japan in 1579. Luis de Cerqueira (1592, Portugal) was a Jesuit priest and missionary from Portugal, becoming the Bishop o Funai in late 16th century.
The first Europeans reached Japan in 1543 on Chinese junks, and Portuguese ships started to arrive in Japan soon after. At that time, there was already trade exchanges between Portugal and Goa (since around 1515), consisting in 3 to 4 carracks leaving Lisbon with silver to purchase cotton and spices in India.
The three Portuguese traders on board were the first Europeans to set foot in Japan. [96] Soon European traders would introduce many new items to Japan, most importantly the musket . [ 97 ] By 1556, the daimyōs were using about 300,000 muskets in their armies. [ 98 ]
The Battle of Fukuda Bay (福田浦の戦い, Fukudaura no tatakai) in 1565 was the first recorded naval battle between Europeans (the Portuguese) and the Japanese. [2] A flotilla of samurai under the daimyo Matsura Takanobu attacked two Portuguese trade vessels that had shunned Matsura's port in Hirado and had gone instead to trade at Fukuda ...
1891 Mino–Owari earthquake: A strongest recorded inland earthquake of Japan. 1894: 1 August: First Sino-Japanese War starts. 1895: 17 April: The First Sino-Japanese War is won by the Japanese, resulting in the Treaty of Shimonoseki. It was the first major conflict between Japan and an overseas military power in modern times.
By the end of the Muromachi period, the first Europeans had arrived. The Portuguese landed in Tanegashima south of Kyūshū in 1543 and within two years were making regular port calls, initiating the century-long Nanban trade period. In 1551, the Navarrese Roman Catholic missionary Francis Xavier was one of the first Westerners who visited ...
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.