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Knowledge about Japan
Japan and Christianity
Medieval Japan and Christianity

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This article presents the Christian missionary work in medieval Japan. It provides an overview of the period from the Portuguese drifting ashore on Tanegashima Island until Japan banned exchange with other countries.


In 1543, a Chinese ship washed ashore on the Japanese island of Tanegashima, which later became the catalyst for the spread of Christianity in Japan.
This is not the first time a ship has washed ashore in Japan, but there were three Portuguese with guns on board the Chinese ship at this time.
Japan had never had guns before, so the Japanese got the guns at this time.
And it led to the idea of trading with Portugal.





In 1549, a Japanese man named Yajiro became a guide and landed in Japan with Francisco Xavier, a Catholic Jesuit.
After that, Xavier started the first Catholic missionary work in Japan.





The activities of the Jesuits in Japan after Father Francis Xavier left for Goa were as follows.










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