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© KYODOAcademic tells story of first Japanese to come to England
By William Hollingworth LONDON©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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TumbleDry
Fascinating.
A book to put on the list of TODOs.
ClippetyClop
Sounds like an adventure that Voltaire would have been proud to have written.
Luddite
Make a great film or TV series.
shoganai
basically summed up the history of the world outside europe from the 16th to early 20th century.
englisc aspyrgend
Fascinating, I think I have previously heard mention of these two before. Will be very interested to read the book.
lostrune2
The then-city-state of Venice controlled the European side of the Silk Road. To keep Venice's advantage, that trade route and its secrets would had been jealously guarded by the Venetians and not freely shared with others
In fact, that Venetian eastward land-route control was a big part why Spain and Portugal wanted a westward sea route to East Asia and break free from Venice's trade monopoly
Meanwhile, the "UK" was kinda literally its own island back then - not really a traveler's destination
lostrune2
It's not impossible. But it took Marco Polo years to go from Venice to China - Japan to the British isle would've been a bit longer. There would've been enough documentation of such a long eye-opening journey.
juminRhee
Lamilly:
They may have meant the kingdom of England. Japanese (and other asians) may have come to the kingdom of Kent or Wessex, or the Iceni tribal village of Aelfwald.
juminRhee
Portuguese slaves, not English. Yes, england did employ slaves and did not abolish til 1833, but here the English capn captured them. So, more like prisoners than slaves under the English (doubt they could've gone home straight away).
juminRhee
That was for kentarogaijin, not the story. Sorry.