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It was the Spanish Jesuit missionary Francisco Javier, one of the first European to come to Japan, who brought the christianism and among other things, as the mechanical timepiece. It would revolutionize the way of measuring time in this archipelago, and five centuries later, Japan has become an excellent manufacturer of clocks. In addition to the "sacramental act"(a religious theatrical style that would be adapted by the Kabuki creators), the Navarrese Francisco Javier and his missionaries brought and promoted the use of the printing machine and contributed to the diffusion of European painting, music and food.
Francisco Javier formed a permanent bridge between East and West for the history of the japanese society. |
