noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun
imported to Japan by early European traders
Historical term referring to goods, ideas, or items brought to Japan by Portuguese, Spanish, and other European traders during the 16th–17th centuries, often via the Nanban trade.
This museum displays items imported by early European traders.
Technologies brought by early European traders influenced Japanese culture.
Refers to the Nanban trade itself, while 南蛮渡来 describes things that arrived through that trade.
Compound of 南蛮 (Nanban, referring to early European traders, literally 'southern barbarians') and 渡来 (torai, 'importation' or 'arrival from overseas'). The term is historically associated with the Nanban trade period.