Aim:Aim:Explain how Japan’s Explain how Japan’s

Policies Towards Policies Towards Europeans ChangedEuropeans Changed

Contact Between Europe Contact Between Europe and Japanand Japan 1616thth Century: Europeans Century: Europeans

began coming to Japanbegan coming to Japan Japanese welcomed traders and Japanese welcomed traders and missionaries from Portugalmissionaries from Portugal Other Europeans soon came to Other Europeans soon came to JapanJapan

Daimyo welcomed the Daimyo welcomed the strangersstrangers

Interested in the Portuguese Interested in the Portuguese muskets & canons muskets & canons

Japanese purchased Japanese purchased weapons from the Portuguese weapons from the Portuguese and soon began their own and soon began their own productionproduction

Led to huge impact on warfareLed to huge impact on warfare

Daimyo built fortified Daimyo built fortified castles to withstand the castles to withstand the destructive force of destructive force of cannonballscannonballs

Christian Missionaries in Christian Missionaries in JapanJapan 1549: Christian missionaries 1549: Christian missionaries

began arriving in Japanbegan arriving in Japan Japanese initially accepted themJapanese initially accepted them Associated Jesuits with muskets & Associated Jesuits with muskets & European goodsEuropean goods Jesuits came to convert the Japanese Jesuits came to convert the Japanese 1600: European missionaries had 1600: European missionaries had converted 300,000 Japaneseconverted 300,000 Japanese

Success of missionaries upset Success of missionaries upset Tokugawa IeyasuTokugawa Ieyasu

Missionaries scorned traditional Missionaries scorned traditional Japanese beliefsJapanese beliefs 1612: Shogun had come to fear 1612: Shogun had come to fear religious uprisingreligious uprising Result: Banned Christianity and Result: Banned Christianity and focused on ridding country of focused on ridding country of ChristiansChristians

After Ieyasu Death, Shogun After Ieyasu Death, Shogun ruthlessly persecuted ruthlessly persecuted ChristiansChristians

Missionaries were killed or driven Missionaries were killed or driven out of Japan out of Japan

The Closed Country PolicyThe Closed Country Policy The persecution of The persecution of Christians was part of an Christians was part of an attempt to control foreign attempt to control foreign ideas in Japanideas in Japan

1639: Sealed Japan’s borders 1639: Sealed Japan’s borders and instituted a and instituted a Closed Closed Country PolicyCountry Policy::

Most commercial contacts with Most commercial contacts with Europe endedEurope ended Port of Nagasaki remained openedPort of Nagasaki remained opened Only Dutch & Chinese were Only Dutch & Chinese were allowed into portallowed into port Spanish and Portuguese were Spanish and Portuguese were expelledexpelled

For 200 years, Japan For 200 years, Japan remained closed to Europeansremained closed to Europeans

Japanese forbidden to leave Japanese forbidden to leave JapanJapan

Not to bring back foreign ideasNot to bring back foreign ideas