António Mota

For the footballer, see Antonio Mota.
For the author, see António Mota (writer).
António Mota
António da Mota giving gun demos to the Japanese
Born
Kingdom of Portugal
DiedUnknown
NationalityPortuguese
Occupation(s)Trader, Explorer

António da Mota was a Portuguese trader and explorer who, in 1543, together with Fernão Mendes Pinto and Francisco Zeimoto, became one of the first Europeans to set foot in Japan.

Voyage

While traveling to Ningbo with a Chinese junk in 1543 (some sources say 1542), Mota and the rest of the crew were swept off course by a bad storm. Among the crew were around 100 East Asians and several Portuguese. The Portuguese included were Francisco Zeimoto, António Peixoto, and Mota himself. Fernão Mendes Pinto claimed that he was on the voyage as well, but this claim is unlikely since he also claimed (more accurately) that he was in Burma at the same time.

Driven off course by the storm, the ship landed on the island of Tanegashima on 25 August 1543. António da Mota and Francisco Zeimoto are recognized as the first Europeans on Japanese soil.[1] António Peixoto is not recorded as having landed, and presumably died at sea before the landing.

Mota and Zeimoto introduced handheld guns to Japan, which the Japanese found fascinating. In the decades that followed, the Japanese invested heavily in the mass production of firearms.[2] The ship was then soon repaired and António da Mota departed from Japan. The rest of his life is unknown.

See also

References

  1. ^ Tanegashima- The arrival of Europe in Japan (PDF). NIAS Press. p. 320. ISBN 0-7007-1674-2. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  2. ^ Giving Up the Gun: Japan's Reversion to the Sword, 1543–1879. David R. Godine, Publisher. 1979. p. 7. ISBN 0-87923-773-2. Retrieved 25 June 2017. zeimoto.

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