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Japan
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Christian proselytization began soon after the Portuguese 'discovered' Japan (J.) (1542/43); its best-known representatives are Francis Xavier and Luís Fróis. The success of the Latin instruction required for the training of new Japanese priests is evident, for example, in the Oratio habita a Fara D. Martino Iaponio of Martino Hara, who was a member of the embassy from southern Japanese potentates to Rome (1582-1590; received by the Pope in 1585). This mission – in the course of which Constantino Dourado, another participant…

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Dettmer, Hans A. (Bochum RWG), “Japan”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 19 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e1407540>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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