Francis Xavier's mission to Japan

Name: Francis Xavier's mission to Japan
Start: 1549
End: 1551

Type Event Region Japan Time 1549–1551

In August 1549 the Jesuit Francis Xavier reached Kagoshima in Kyushu, becoming the first European missionary to formally preach Christianity in Japan…

Timeline

1549–1550Kagoshima · KyushuXavier and his companions reached Kagoshima and, with the permission of Shimazu Takahisa, the shugo daimyo of Satsuma, preached to samurai and townspeople, learning Japanese and beginning a Japanese translation of the Apostles' Creed.
1550–1551Kyoto · KansaiXavier traveled via Hirado and Bungo (the domain of Ōtomo Sōrin) to Yamaguchi, reached Kyoto in 1550 seeking imperial and Buddhist support without success, and continued expanding baptisms in Kyushu and the Chugoku region, laying the groundwork for later Jesuit missions to Japan.

Sources

Francis Xavier https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Francis-Xavier
The Japanese Mission of Francis Xavier, 1549-1551 — Georg Schurhammer (1977)