DescriptionLetter from Viceroy of Portuguese India Duarte de Menezes to Toyotomi Hideyoshi 1588.png
English: Letter from the viceroy of Portuguese India (ポルトガル国印度副王信書, Porutogaru-koku Indo-fukuō shinsho),
Duarte de Menezes, to daimyo
Toyotomi Hideyoshi concerning the suppression of Christians in Japan. This work is a historic landmark in Portuguese-Japanese relations. This letter from Menezes is the first diplomatic document exchanged between East and West.
Dated to the Azuchi-Momoyama period, April
1588. Located at
Myōhō-in (妙法院),
Kyoto,
Japan.
Português: Carta do vice-rei D. Duarte de Menezes a Toyotomi Hideyoshi em 1588. Esta obra é um marco histórico nas relações luso-nipónicas, sendo o seu original considerado, pelo Japão, como tesouro nacional. Esta carta do Vice-Rei D. Duarte de Menezes é o primeiro documento diplomático de que há registo trocado entre o oriente e o ocidente.
Duarte de Menezes, 14th Viceroy of Portuguese India
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