The Namban trade : : merchants and missionaries in 16th and 17th century Japan / / Mihoko Oka.
"This book attempts to depict certain aspects of the Portuguese trade in East Asia in the 16th and 17th centuries by analyzing the activities of the merchants and Christian missionaries involved. It also discusses the response of the Japanese regime in handling the systemic changes that took pl...
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| Superior document: | European Expansion and Indigenous Response ; Volume 34 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2021] ©2021 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | European expansion and indigenous response ;
Volume 34. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (291 pages) |
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| Summary: | "This book attempts to depict certain aspects of the Portuguese trade in East Asia in the 16th and 17th centuries by analyzing the activities of the merchants and Christian missionaries involved. It also discusses the response of the Japanese regime in handling the systemic changes that took place in the Asian seas. Consequently, it explains how Jesuit missionaries forged close ties with local merchants from the start of their activities in East Asian waters, and there is no doubt that the propagation of Christianity in Japan was a result of their cooperation. The author of this book attempted to combine the essence of previous studies by Japanese and western scholars and added several new findings from analyses of original Japanese and European language documents"-- |
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| ISBN: | 9004463879 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Mihoko Oka. |