The Namban trade merchants and missionaries in 16th and 17th century Japan

The Portuguese in the East Asian seas in the 16th century -- The structure and content of Namban trade -- The Namban trade and Nagasaki merchants: structure of investment and capital injection -- Macao and the Namban trade: the "maritime loan" debt problem -- Religion and power in Macao --...

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1. Verfasser: Oka, Mihoko (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Leiden, Boston Brill 2021
Schriftenreihe:European expansion and indigenous response 34
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Zusammenfassung:The Portuguese in the East Asian seas in the 16th century -- The structure and content of Namban trade -- The Namban trade and Nagasaki merchants: structure of investment and capital injection -- Macao and the Namban trade: the "maritime loan" debt problem -- Religion and power in Macao -- The Jesuits and trade after the prohibition of Christianity in Japan -- Nagasaki during the Kan'ei period: the affair of Paulo dos Santos -- Epilogue: the final phase of the Namban trade.
"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"--
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:XI, 277 Seiten
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ISBN:9789004463837
978-90-04-46383-7