南なん蛮ばん貿ぼう易えき

noun

Nanban trade; Japanese trade with Spain and Portugal (1543–1641)

Historical term referring to the trade between Japan and the Iberian powers during the Age of Discovery, before the sakoku isolation policy.

• 南なん蛮ばん貿ぼう易えきによって鉄てっ砲ぽうやキリスト教きょうが日本にほんに伝つたわった。

  Through the Nanban trade, firearms and Christianity were introduced to Japan.

• 南なん蛮ばん貿ぼう易えきは、主おもに長なが崎さきや平ひら戸どで行おこなわれていた。

  The Nanban trade was mainly conducted in Nagasaki and Hirado.