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Triptico Embajada Hasekura 14 junio-15 agosto 2013 Lugar: Archivo General de Indias. Avda. de la Constitución s/n. 41004 Sevilla. Teléfono: (34) 954 500 528 Horario: De lunes a sábado de 9:00-16:45. Domingos y festivos de 10:00-14:00. Entrada gratuita Las visitas de grupos deben ser previamente concertadas en: Archivo General de Indias. Teléfono: (34) 954 500 528. Fax: 954 219 485 Correo-e: [email protected] Comisarias de la exposición: Mª Antonia Colomar Albájar Pilar Lázaro de la Escosura Diseño: Quintero&Loarte Gestión Gráfica, S.L. June 14 - August 15, 2013 Schedule: Monday to Saturday, from 9:00 am to 4:45 pm. Sunday and Holidays, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. Entrance is free Group visits must be previously arranged Information about visits: Archivo General de Indias. Tel: (34) 954 500 528. Fax: 954 219 485 E-mail: [email protected] Commissioners of the Exhibit: Mª Antonia Colomar Albájar Pilar Lázaro de la Escosura ARCHIVO GENERAL DE INDIAS Design: Quintero&Loarte Gestión Gráfica, S.L. NIPO: 030-13-103-0 Depósito legal: SE 1202 - 2013 DE JAPÓN A ROMA BUSCANDO EL SOL DE LA CRISTIANDAD: En las visitas y embajadas que se intercambian entre ambas LA EMBAJADA DE HASEKURA partes, subyacen dos objetivos: uno de tipo misional, por el (1613-1620) que compiten las distintas órdenes religiosas presentes en Japón, y otro de tipo comercial en el que España busca neutralizar la influencia portuguesa y holandesa en esas En este año 2013 se cumple el cuarto centenario de la salida islas, y Japón pretende la apertura del comercio con Nueva del puerto japonés de Tsukinora, con destino a Roma, de la España e incluso Europa, sin el intermedio de Manila. embajada del samurai Hasekura Tsunenaga conocida como Embajada Keicho. Con este motivo se ha organizado en el Precedida por la Misión Tensho, de los jesuitas a Roma Archivo General de Indias una exposición patrocinada por el (1582-1586), y la embajada a España del franciscano Alonso Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte, que estará Muñoz (1610), la de Hasekura se produce en el llamado abierta al público desde el 14 de junio hasta el 15 de agosto. Periodo Keicho, etapa de la unificación (octubre de 1596-julio de 1615), de ahí su nombre. La Embajada Keicho Sin embargo, el nuevo rumbo de la política del shogún Tokugawa Ieyasu, orientado hacia el aislamiento La Misión Keicho no constituye un hecho histórico aislado fue patrocinada en 1613 por el daimyo Date Masamune, internacional y la prohibición del cristianismo, supuso sino que se enmarca en las relaciones bilaterales entre Japón señor del reino de Bojú y estaba dirigida por el franciscano que, antes del regreso a Japón, el éxito de la expedición y España. Éstas se establecieron a través de las Islas Filipinas, Luis Sotelo y el samurai Hasekura Tsunenaga. Debía fuera imposible. Aunque no logró sus objetivos, esta larga a partir del asentamiento español en dicho archipiélago encaminarse a Madrid y a Roma, con el fin de lograr del rey peripecia diplomática, que duró siete años (1613-1620) y (1565), inicialmente con algunos de los “señores feudales” Felipe III y del papa Paulo V, aparte de los objetivos antes dejó su huella en la población sevillana de Coria del Río, o daimyos, y tras la unificación del país, con los shogunes o mencionados, un obispado para el franciscano y la apertura significó uno de los escasísimos contactos directos de los jefes del gobierno. del comercio independiente con Nueva España e incluso Sevilla, para el reino del daimyo. japoneses en Europa antes del siglo XIX. FROM JAPAN TO ROME IN THE QUEST OF THE LIGHT OF CHRISTIANITY: Two main purposes underlay those exchanges of missions also known under the name of Keicho Mission. That THE EMBASSY OF HASEKURA embassy was endorsed by the daimyo Date Masamune, (1613-1620) and ambassadors: a first one, with an evangelism aim, in which the different religious orders established in Japan Lord of the Kingdom of Boju, and was conducted by the were pitted against each other; and, in a second term, Franciscan Luis Sotelo and the samurai Hasekura 2013 is the year of the fourth centenary of the departure, a commercial goal, in which Spain tries to neutralize the Tsunenaga. It had the objective to arrive to Madrid, and from the Japanese port of Tsukinora with destination to Portuguese and Dutch influence on that area, while Japan then to Rome, and to obtain from the King Philip III and Rome, of the embassy leaded by the samurai Hasekura desires to open trade routes directly with New Spain, or even the Pope Paulo V, the opening of an independent trade Tsunenaga, widely known as the Keicho Embassy. In with Europe, avoiding the intermediation of Manila. route linking Boju with New Spain -or even with Seville-, commemoration of this anniversary an exhibition, with the and a bishopric for Sotelo. patronage of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport, Preceded by the Tensho Mission that had sent Jesuits to has been organized in the General Archive of The Indies, and Rome (1582-1586), and the embassy sent to Spain, led by Nevertheless, the new political path of the shogun will remain open to the public from June the 14th to August the Franciscan Alonso Muñoz (1610), the embassy of Tokugawa Ieyasu, focused towards international the 15th. Hasekura took place in the Keicho Era, when the country isolationism and the banning of Christianity, prevented was unified (October 1596 – July 1615), reason for that it is the success of the Mission prior its return to Japan. But The Keicho Mission is not an isolated historical fact, but only even if the main purposes were unachieved, this long one conspicuous element among those that constitute the diplomatic journey, that lasted seven years (1613-1620), history of the bilateral relationships between Japan and left a mark in population of the sevillian town of Coria del Spain. Those relationships were established through the Río, which meant one of the few direct contacts with Philippine Islands since the Spanish settlement in that Japanese people before the 19th Century. archipelago (1565), with the ‘feudal lords’ or daimyos in a first moment, and then, once the country got unified, with the shoguns (‘prime ministers’). Traducción: Guillermo Morán Dauchez.
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