Keichō Embassy to Europe

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The Keichō Embassy to Europe was an early 17th-century Japanese diplomatic mission led by Hasekura Tsunenaga that traveled to Spain and Rome to establish trade and religious relations between Japan and Europe.

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instanceOf Japanese diplomatic mission ⓘ
early 17th-century diplomatic mission ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Hasekura Mission ⓘ
Keichō Mission ⓘ
associatedWithPolicy early Tokugawa foreign policy ⓘ
authorizedBy Tokugawa Ieyasu ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Japan ⓘ
departedFrom Ishinomaki ⓘ
linked to: Ishinomaki City

Tsukinoura ⓘ
endTime 1620 ⓘ
hasLanguage Japanese ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
historicalEra Age of Exploration ⓘ
historicalPeriod Edo period ⓘ
includedEnvoy Luis Sotelo ⓘ
Spanish Franciscan missionaries ⓘ
leader Hasekura Tsunenaga ⓘ
metWith Philip III of Spain ⓘ
Pope Paul V ⓘ
namedAfter Keichō era ⓘ
linked to: Keichō
originatedFrom Sendai Domain ⓘ
precededBy Tenshō Embassy to Europe ⓘ
purpose establish direct trade with New Spain ⓘ
establish trade relations between Japan and Europe ⓘ
negotiate commercial treaty with Spain ⓘ
seek support from the Pope ⓘ
strengthen Christian religious ties with the Catholic Church ⓘ
religiousContext Christianity in Japan ⓘ
Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
result limited long-term impact due to later sakoku policies ⓘ
no lasting trade treaty with Spain ⓘ
sentBy Date Masamune ⓘ
significance early example of Japan–Europe diplomatic relations ⓘ
one of the first official Japanese embassies to Europe ⓘ
startTime 1613 ⓘ
traveledTo Acapulco ⓘ
France ⓘ
Madrid ⓘ
New Spain ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
Seville ⓘ
Veracruz ⓘ
usedShip San Juan Bautista ⓘ
visitedCountry France ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Papal States ⓘ
Spain ⓘ

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Date Masamune → sent → Keichō Embassy to Europe ⓘ
Keichō Embassy to Europe → alsoKnownAs → Keichō Mission ⓘ
linked to: Keichō Embassy to Europe
Coria del Río → historicalEvent → Visit of Hasekura Tsunenaga embassy in the 17th century ⓘ
linked to: Keichō Embassy to Europe