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American Missionaries, Christian Oyatoi, and Japan, 1859-73
American Missionaries Christian Oyatoi and Japan 1859-73 Author:Hamish Ion Japan closed its doors to foreigners for over two hundred years because of religious and political instability caused by the introduction of Christianity. By 1859, foreign residents were once again living in treaty ports in Japan, but edicts banning Christianity remained enforced until 1873. Drawing on an impressive array of English and Japanese... more » sources, Ion investigates a crucial era in the history of Japanese-American relations - the formation of Protestant missions. He reveals that the transmission of values and beliefs was not a simple matter of acceptance or rejection: missionaries and Christian laymen persisted in the face of open hostility and served as important liaisons between East and West.Hamish Ion is a professor of history at the Royal Military College of Canada.« less