Nanban trade
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Nanban trade is the European trade in Japan between the arrival of Europeans in 1543 to the first Sakoku Seclusion Edicts of isolationism in 1614.
First Westerners in Japan, by Hokusai, 1817. Caption: "On August 25, 1543, these foreigners were cast upon the island of Tanegashima, Ōsumi Province", followed by the two names Murashukusha (unknown) and Kirishitamōta (i.e. António da Mota, also known as Cristóvão, the Portuguese equivalent to Cristopher).
The samurai Hasekura Tsunenaga in Rome in 1615 (Coll. Borghese, Rome)
A Portuguese carrack in Nagasaki, 17th century.
Portuguese traders landing in Nagasaki
San Felipe incident (1596)
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On October 19, 1596, the Spanish ship San Felipe was shipwrecked on Urado in Kōchi on the Japanese island of Shikoku en route from Manila to Acapulco. The local daimyo Chōsokabe Motochika seized the c
Northerly trade route as used by eastbound Manila galleons