Episode 307 - The Prisoners of Nanbu, Part 2

History of Japan

Isaac Meyer

Japan, History, Japanese

4.8 • 744 Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2019

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

The Breskens crew arrive in Edo, with the question of how they are to be treated looming over them. At the same time, another group of very different Europeans arrive there as well. This week, we'll talk about the interwoven fates of both groups, and what they tell us about the concerns of the shogunate and Tokugawa Iemitsu.

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0:31.3	This week I'm going to recommend a river and darkness by Masaji Ishka.
0:37.2	Back in the 1960s, Masaji's parents as left-wing idealists
0:41.9	took him to North Korea believing it was the people's paradise. Of course, that didn't really
0:47.2	work out, and Masaji ended up having to flee the country and escape back to Japan. His story of his
0:54.0	life in North Korea and his
0:56.0	escape is recounted here, and it's a really fascinating read, or I suppose I should say,
1:01.6	a fascinating listen. Go to audibletrial.com slash Japan to claim your copy. Hello and welcome to the history of Japan podcast, episode 307, The Prisoners of Nanbu,
1:31.2	Part 2.
1:33.1	You have to imagine that after being captured, the crew of the brasskins were scared out of their
1:38.7	goddamn minds.
1:40.5	And with good reason, their captain, Henrik Shape, had been to the Dutch outpost at Nagasaki before, in far-off Kyushu on the other end of Japan.
1:50.2	Kyushu had been a major outpost for Catholic missionaries half a century earlier, and it still had a large population of hidden Catholics, even after the Shogun's edicts banning the religion and the Portuguese
2:02.7	and Spanish who spread it. Catholic priests, in turn, continued to try and sneak into Japan.
2:09.2	It's very likely that Shape had at least heard of, if not seen himself, the processions of
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