The subject of this slim volume is ¡°a series of events that are essential in understanding Japanese history¡± ¡ª events ¡°totally unknown, incredible, and unpleasant to read.¡±
PORTUGUESE COLONIALISM AND 51³Ô¹ÏÍøESE SLAVES, by Michio Kitahara. Kadensha, 2013, 69 pp., ?1,785 (hardcover)
The nub of scholar Michio Kitahara¡¯s revelation is that throughout the latter half of the 16th century and into the 17th, Portuguese traders sold Japanese as slaves overseas, so that ¡°toward the end of the 16th century, a large number of Japanese were in several parts of Asia ... They were found in the regions where Portugal was dominant as a colonial power, such as India, southeast Asia, and southern China, particularly in Macao, around the Strait of Malacca and in Goa, India.¡±
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