Why Is European Exploration Important To Japan

European Exploration: In 1543, shipwrecked Portuguese sailors washed up on the shores of southern Japan. Merchants soon followed them. Their intentions were to involve themselves in Japan’s trade with China and southeast Asia. They brought clocks, eyeglasses, tobacco, firearms and other unfamiliar items from Europe. Japanese purchased weapons and soon started their own production. Cannons especially had a huge impact on Japan’s warfare and living situations. They started to build fortified castles to withstand the destructive force. These castles attracted merchants, artisans, and other surrounding lands. These lands are now converted into towns and cities. Europeans entering Japan is very important in their history because it introduced more advanced weapons which benefited Japan’s warfare. The European exploration connects with the exploration that occurred in the United States. The exploration allows new opportunities for a nation to grow and prosper and enabled the nation to progress on the living situations (finding new land-creating new houses).

Christianity in Japan: In 1587, Toyatomi Hideyoshi became worried that christianity’s growing

Since China and Japan both wanted Korea, they signed a hands-off agreement to forbid armies from getting in. In 1894, China broke that agreement and Japan started to send troops in Korea to fight the Chinese, known as the Sino-Japanese war. Japan drove the Chinese out of Korea, destroyed the Chinese Navy, and gained Manchuria. By 1895, China and Japan signed a Peace Treaty which gave Japan its first colonies, Tawain and Pescadores Islands. This helped shape Japan by allowing them to expand their territories and be able to establish and more powerful reputation by defeating the Chinese. Also, it allowed them to be in good terms with the Chinese which creates more trading