@Paul_Kreitman @astanley711 What do you mean by ”Brutal Sakoku””?
You know why Japan closed off, don't you?
First came the Jesuit missionaries, then the merchants, they began to trade the Japanese as slaves.
The shogun bought back the Japanese, forbade Christianity, and closed the country.
You know why Japan closed off, don't you?
First came the Jesuit missionaries, then the merchants, they began to trade the Japanese as slaves.
The shogun bought back the Japanese, forbade Christianity, and closed the country.
@Paul_Kreitman @astanley711 For the Jesuit missionaries, the spearhead of colonization, Christianity was just a tool to divide and colonize Japan.
Scorsese's movie "Silence" does not depict this at all.
The Japanese were fortunate to have such a general.
Otherwise, Japan would have become a colony of Europe
Scorsese's movie "Silence" does not depict this at all.
The Japanese were fortunate to have such a general.
Otherwise, Japan would have become a colony of Europe
@Paul_Kreitman @astanley711 Now in Japan, American scholars who have studied Japan with scholarships from Japan have bad reputation for tweeting stupid and childish things under their Real Names.
@Paul_Kreitman @astanley711 They seem to deride Japanese conservatives .
Do you know that conservatives are the majority in Japan, and that less than 10% of the population supports left-wing political parties?
What do you want to do by belittling the absolute majority in Japan?
Do you know that conservatives are the majority in Japan, and that less than 10% of the population supports left-wing political parties?
What do you want to do by belittling the absolute majority in Japan?
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