Multimedia Collection
The Coming of the Barbarians
(Japan Past & Present series)
VHS
53 minutes
DS868 .C651 1989
The Japan of shoguns and samurai, discovered by the Portugese in 1540, soon appeared to be swept away by a wave of Westernization. This program presents a portrait of the regent Hideyoshi, illustrating his lifestyle, his taste, and his abrupt shift in direction : Christian priests and converts were persecuted and martyred and, in 1650, Japan shut tight its doors to the outside.
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