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Yoritomo Minamoto was made Japan's first shogun by the empreor in 1192
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Two Portuguese men were passengers aboard a Chinese ship wich landed on the island of tanegashima in 1543.
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"Blown off course during a storm, Portuguese traders shipwrecked near Tangeshima island off the southern coast of Japan. Intrigued by the Portuguese firearms, the local daimyo warlord bought two guns from the European sailors and commissioned his swordsmith to make copies. The daimyo then asked the Portuguese for shooting lessons."( Devillier Donegan Enterprises, 2003, http://www.pbs.org/empires/japan/timeline_1500.html)
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japan cloes door to trade and travel from the west
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