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    The Tenshō embassy (Japanese: 天正の使節, named after the Tenshō Era in which the embassy took place) was an embassy sent by the Japanese Christian Lord Ōtomo...
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    historic mission is sometimes referred to as the "Tenshō Embassy" because it was initiated in the Tenshō era. This venture was organized by three daimyōs...
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    Council of Kiyosu. February 20, 1582 (Tenshō 10, 28th day of the 1st month): A Japanese mission or embassy to Europe (Tenshō Ken'ō Shisetsu) sailed from Nagasaki...
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    name, it is more accurately the third Japanese embassy to Europe, being preceded by the Tenshō embassy (1582–1590) and the expedition led by Hasekura...
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    Itō Mancio (category Members of the Tenshō embassy)
    マンショ, c.1569 – 13 November 1612) was a Japanese Jesuit, head of the Tenshō embassy; the first Japanese diplomatic mission to Europe, and a Catholic priest...
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    Alessandro Valignano (category Members of the Tenshō embassy)
    to keep the traffic to a minimum. Valignano was the initiator of the Tenshō embassy, the first official Japanese delegation to Europe, and accompanied the...
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    Miguel Chijiwa (category Members of the Tenshō embassy)
    the Japanese delegation to European Christendom, also known as the Tenshō embassy. Later, he abandoned the Christian faith. However, the recent discovery...
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    records, Sōrin sent political delegations to Goa in the 1550s, and the Tenshō embassy to Rome in 1582. In addition to fostering relations with the Christians...
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    Ōmura Sumitada (category Members of the Tenshō embassy)
    Ōmura Sumitada (大村 純忠, 1533 – June 23, 1587) was a Japanese daimyō lord of the Sengoku period. He became famous throughout the country for being the first...
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    Japanese to visit Europe, in 1553 Grand Embassy of Peter I, Russian embassy to Europe Tenshō embassy, first Japanese embassy to visit Europe, in 1582 Hasekura...
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