The Negative Caricature of Christianity in Japan

Portuguese and Dutch traders used Christianity as a gateway to the country's trade goods and market. It was portrayed as an evil religion that tainted the land of the Buddha and the kami. Jesus was portrayed as a criminal who advocated the destruction of social norms. Quite a few Christians were executed early on. The early spread of Christianity was integral to Japan's closing off from the world until the 19th century.

>>1655628
Like all chaos blame the fucking Protestants.

When the Dutch arrived they whispered slander that the Portuguese king had plans on invading Japan and make them bow to the Pope. They also offered their guns and cannons without needing nobles to be Christians like the proto-atheists they'd all become.

>>1655662
If Japan were colonized, what type of colony would it be? Resource extraction and slave labors?

>>1655683
Any European interested would probably have to conquer them like the British did India.

After that they'd probably rule it like India, using it to extract exotic resources.

>>1655683
Considering that it was the Portuguese and Spanish, no, it would be wealthy nobles and merchants trading with wealthy nobles and merchants, enriching themselves off of a potential trade surplus while surrendering their products and raw materials to foreign merchants. I say "potential" surplus because these empires were more interested in trade than conquest, although conquest was a part of the establishment of fortified trading posts.

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>>1655628
They're coming around.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrvVVreWE6w

>>1655701
Nobody on this board reads fucking books, do they? You fucks only ever play video games.

>>1655683
I'd say the more interesting scenario is what if the Japanese converted. Would they have just been sitting ducks for the Eternal Portuguese/Dutchman/Anglo, would they have kept their xenophobic streak and developed their own brand of Christianity or would they have been able to establish better ties with Europe and build themselves up to maybe (with European help) start making conquests on the mainland?

>>1655683
Nothing in Japan worth the trouble.

conquest would have been a bitch and a half. nothing but a bunch of isolated city/farm areas, surrounded by heavily forested mountains.

they could use ships to take the coastal areas. though then the Japanese take back the weakest garrisoned cities.

go through the mountains and it is constant ambushes and slow movements.

>>1655649
>The early spread of Christianity was integral to Japan's closing off from the world until the 19th century.

You got sauce on that senpai? Not doubting you, just want to learn more about the topic.

>>1656210
Sakoku happened explicitly because the shogunate saw Christianity as being subversive and a way for Europeans to weasel themselves into undermining the country. This wasn't just a thought that started with the shogunate and went back to Hideyoshi and his executing a bunch of Christians. Ieyasu was more lenient but subsequent shoguns weren't and basically said "fuck you" to the missionaries and Europeans. They were a little more open with the Chinese and Koreans and after a point European trade became pointless because the Japanese were either able to produce what the Europeans offered or get it through China so what reason would they have to start accomodating Christianity?

Really go read The Making of Modern Japan b Marius B. Jansen. The chapter focused on sakoku goes into Christianity in Japan and such as well.