The Tenshō embassy

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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In 1582, a Japanese nobleman by the name of Lord Ōtomo Sōrin sent a group of envoys to Europe. The entire round trip of their journey took eight years, and along the way, they visited several European countries and met multiple European heads of state, including two popes. It was hoped that their mission would revolutionize relations between Europe and Japan. Learn more about the Tensho Embassy and the first Japanese mission to Europe on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Newspapers.com Newspapers.com is like a time machine. Dive into their extensive online archives to explore history as it happened. With over 800 million digitized newspaper pages spanning three centuries, Newspapers.com provides an unparalleled gateway to the past, with papers from the US, UK, Canada, Australia and beyond. Use the code “EverythingEverywhere” at checkout to get 20% off a publisher extra subscription at newspapers.com. ButcherBox ButcherBox is the perfect solution for anyone looking to eat high-quality, sustainably sourced meat without the hassle of going to the grocery store. With ButcherBox, you can enjoy a variety of grass-fed beef, heritage pork, free-range chicken, and wild-caught seafood delivered straight to your door every month. ButcherBox.com/Daily Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Peter Bennett & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	In 1882, a Japanese nobleman by the name of Lord Ottomo Sorin sent a group of
0:05.1	on-boys to Europe. The entire round trip of their journey took eight years, and
0:09.2	along the way they visited several European countries, met multiple European heads of state, including two popes.
0:15.6	It was hoped that this mission would revolutionize relations between Europe and Japan.
0:20.6	Learn more about the Ten Show embassy and the first Japanese mission to Europe on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. If you've been listening to this podcast long enough, you'll have noticed a theme that comes up several times.
0:47.0	What happens when cultures come in contact with each other?
0:50.0	The story of the Ten Show embassy is one of cultural contact, but it's also something much more.
0:57.0	The story starts with the arrival of the first Europeans in Japan.
1:01.0	The first Europeans to arrive in Japan did so completely by accident.
1:05.0	In 1543, a Portuguese ship was blown off course by a typhoon and became shipwrecked on the island
1:10.3	of Tenegashima in southwest Japan.
1:13.3	This accidental landing led to a host of changes in Japan.
1:17.0	The Portuguese introduced firearms to Japan.
1:19.6	In fact, for a long time, the Japanese referred to these early firearms as
1:23.8	tenagashima. The Portuguese began trading with the Japanese and the Japanese
1:28.4	initially welcome trade with the people whom they called
1:30.5	Nabanjin or Southern Barbarians.
1:34.8	This trade also opened up the door for Christianity to enter Japan.
1:38.6	The Japanese at first thought that the Portuguese were from India and that Christianity was some sort of Indian religion.
1:44.4	They had no clue what or where Europe was.
1:47.9	In 1549, Francis Xavier arrived in Japan.
1:51.5	Xavier was one of the early founding members of a group known as the Society of Jesus, which most people know today as the Jesuits.
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