Forty thousand men, women and children, the last survivors of Japans’s
persecuted Christian population, took refuge without earthly hope in a seaside castle.
byJoseph Longford1849-1925
Japan
Hideyoshi Changes His Mind
Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Chancellor of the Realm and Imperial Regent of Japan,
was inclined to encourage Christianity until he found out why European Powers were so keen on it.
byJoseph Longford1849-1925
Japan
The Cherry Tree
In the Great War, the Japanese were among Britain’s allies,
and the Japanese cherry was a symbol of the courage demanded by the times.
byJoseph Longford1849-1925
Japanese History
The Changing Face of Japan
Joseph Longford described how Japan had changed from the day he
first joined the Japan Consular Service to the day he retired as Consul in Nagasaki.
byJoseph Longford1849-1925
Sir Stamford Raffles
A Highly Polished People
Stamford Raffles, Lieutenant-Governor of Java, urged London to bypass our European partners and trade directly with Japan.
bySir Stamford Raffles1781-1826
Japanese History
Yoritomo and the Doves of War
Japan’s first Shogun owed his life and his rise to power to a spider and two harmless doves.