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Audience with Pope Paul V
- When
- 1615
- Where
- Rome
Hasekura presented gilded letters to Pope Paul V requesting a trade treaty with Mexico and Christian missionaries.
Hasekura Tsunenaga delivered two gilded letters to Pope Paul V, one in Japanese and one in Latin. The letters, signed by Date Masamune, requested a trade treaty between Japan and Mexico and the dispatch of Christian missionaries to Japan. This formal presentation was the core diplomatic objective of the embassy's visit to Rome.
Sources
- Hasekura Tsunenaga Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-29
- Pope Paul V Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-04
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