Nagasaki trading post
E74722
The Nagasaki trading post was a key early modern foothold of the Portuguese Empire in Japan, serving as a major hub for East–West maritime commerce and cultural exchange in the 16th and early 17th centuries.
Aliases (1)
- Nanban trade ×1
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Portuguese trading post
→
early modern commercial hub → trading post → |
| associatedWith |
Christian missions in Japan
→
Nanban trade → Society of Jesus → |
| connectedTo |
Chinese coastal ports
→
Goa → Lisbon → Macau → Malacca → |
| continent |
Asia
→
|
| country |
Japan
→
|
| culturalImpact |
introduction of European technology to Japan
→
introduction of Western art and music to Japan → spread of Christianity in Kyushu → |
| declineCause |
Tokugawa restrictions on Christianity
→
Tokugawa sakoku policies → |
| flourishedIn |
Azuchi–Momoyama period
→
early Edo period → late 16th century → |
| historicalPeriod |
16th century
→
early 17th century → |
| laterReplacedBy |
Dejima trading post
→
|
| locatedIn |
Japan
→
Kyushu NERFINISHED → Nagasaki → |
| mainTradeGoods |
Christian religious items
→
firearms → gunpowder → porcelain → silk → silver → spices → textiles → |
| operatedBy |
Portuguese Empire
→
Portuguese merchants → |
| politicalContext |
Sengoku period Japan
→
Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s rule → early Tokugawa shogunate → |
| portType |
maritime trading port
→
|
| religiousInfluence |
Roman Catholicism
→
|
| significance |
key foothold of the Portuguese Empire in Japan
→
major center of cultural exchange between Europe and Japan → major hub for East–West maritime commerce → |
| startDate |
1571
→
|
| usedBy |
Chinese merchants
→
Japanese merchants → Jesuit missionaries → daimyō of Ōmura → |
Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Nagasaki trading post
("Nanban trade")
→
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associatedWith |
|
Portuguese Empire
→
|
territory |