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Martyre au Japon

Martyre au Japon
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Book: Luis Frois: First Western Accounts of Japan s Gardens – Editor s Note

Posted on 25 February 2021. This book focuses on Luis Frois, a 16th-century Portuguese Jesuit and chronicler, who recorded his impressions of Japanese gardens, cities and building practices, tea-drinking rituals, Japan’s unification efforts, cultural traditions, and the many differences between Europe and Japan in remarkable manuscripts almost lost to time. This research also draws on other Portuguese descriptions from contemporary sources spanning the years 1543 – 1597, later validated by Japanese history and iconography. Importantly, explorer Jorge Alvares recorded his experiences of discovery, prompting St. Francis Xavier to visit Japan in 1549, thus ushering in the “Christian Century” in Japan. During this long period of accord and reciprocal curiosity, the Portuguese wrote in excess of 1500 pages of letters to European Jesuits that detail their impressions of the island nation―not to mention their observations of powerful public figures such as Oda Nobunaga, Toyoto

Bangladesh s Chittagong Archdiocese gets new archbishop

Bangladesh s Chittagong Archdiocese gets new archbishop
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Catholic Dioceses in Bangladesh | Bishops and Archdioceses in Bangladesh

: Islam 89.5%, Hinduism 8.5%, Buddhism 0.6% and Christianity 0.4% European missioners began to arrive on the east coast of India in the 16th century. They were accompanied by Portuguese traders and mercenaries, who mostly hailed from the southwestern coast of India, a Portuguese stronghold at that time. The first Portuguese expedition to Bengal landed in Chittagong in 1517. With the permission from Mughal Emperor Humayun, the Portuguese settled in Satgaon and later in Hooghly, which is now part of West Bengal provincial state in India. They also settled in the Arakan kingdom, currently the Rakhine state in Myanmar, and Diang and Chittagong in Bangladesh. The missionaries followed them later.

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