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OpenStudy (ilovemath14):

HELP ASAP!! DUE TOMORROW!! FAN & MEDAL!! 8. How did the Japanese treatment of and attitude toward Europeans change after Europeans first arrived on Japan’s shores?

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OpenStudy (ilovemath14):

Is this right? By 1590 he had persuaded most of the daimyo on the Japanese islands to accept his authority. As the three great commanders were unifying Japan, the first Europeans began to arrive. In a few years, Portuguese ships began stopping regularly at Japanese ports to take part in the regional trade between Japan, China, and Southeast Asia. The Japanese were fascinated by tobacco, clocks, eyeglasses, and other European goods. By the end of the sixteenth century, thousands of Japanese had become Christians. Since the fourteenth century, many upper-class Japanese, influenced by Confucianism, had considered trade and industry beneath them.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I have a video for you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh5LY4Mz15o I will keep it short. You write it out however you want. Basically, the Europeans brought over things the Japanese didn't have, such as guns. They brought over many new advanced technologies unheard of from the Japanese, and they also brought religion -- Christianity to be precise. Japan let Europeans trade at one single port, but that port helped shape the wars that Japan fought over their many state. Basically, the Japanese said, "Hey, these guys aren't too bad! Let's trade and stuff!" So they did.

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