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The early Jesuit missionaries in Japan supported themselves by several ways, the major one of which was to gain income through the trade. It was proceeded by their participation in the Portuguese silk trade with Japan with Macao as its trading base. At that time, the way of gaining the revenue for they missionar works through the commercial activities was not a peculiar way of the Jesuits. Other religious bodies that participated in evangelizing Japan had also relation to the trade, and such activities were also seen in the various missionary territories in Asia. But it may be said that in comparison with others, the Jesuit trade in Japan was the most important. The circumstances under which the Jesuits gained the income by joining in the trade were those the propagation of Christianity, at that time, formed a link in the chain of the national policies of such European colonial powers as Portugal and Spain. Here I treat of the Jesuit annual profit from the silk trade, based on the documents preserved in the Archives of the Society of Jesus in Rome. It is difficult to know the correct amount of profit. What the various documents tell of the sum of the trade is diverse, because of the writers' misunderstanding and intentional misreport. The annual profit would have been, approximately, 4,000-8,000 cruzados or more, and the rate of profit 30-50% or more. This revenue from trade was indispensable for the Jesuits in Japan, for about two thirds of the annual expenditure was provided by it.
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1974-06-25

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