FEUDAL JAPAN AND THE WORLD

The impact of Portuguese merchants and missionaries on Japan

• the first Europeans to visit Japan
• The Portuguese from the south- Naban
• Portuguese influence on Japanese cartography
• influence on the art of Old Japan- Namban-byobu
• the introduction of fire-arms and cannon into Japan

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• In 1543, three Portuguese travelers became the first Europeans to visit Japan when they drifted ashore at a small island near Kyushu. A couple years later, more and more portuguese merchants, traders and Jesuit missionaries who came to introduce Christianity arrived in Japan. The Japanese called them nanban, meaning southern barbarians.

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• The Portuguese influenced Japanese cartography - There were importation of maps and globes by the Portuguese into Japan - They were also the importation of Portuguese cartographical material into Japan They also gave influence on the art of Old Japan, called Namban-byobu( Southern Barbarians screens').

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• The Portuguese were also responsible for the introduction of fire-arms and cannon into Japan, both of which were speedily adopted by the Japanese.

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PRACTICAL ACTIVITY

Matthew Perry’s 1854 and 1855 visits to Japan

• Matthew Calbraith Perry
• Why did the United States sent him to Japan?
• Matthew Perry’s first visit
• Perry’s return to Japan in 1854
• the Treaty of Kanagawa

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