Aztec Historian Describes First Japanese in Mexico (1610) // Chimalpahin's Annals // Primary Source @VoicesofthePast

Uploaded July 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

Here we have the testimony of Nahua annalist Chimalpahin from 1610, 1611 and 1614, as he describes a couple of visits from a far away foreign land - "Japan, in China".

Extracts from: "Annals of His Time" by Don Domingo de San Antón Muñón Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin. EDITED AND TRANSLATED BY JAMES LOCKHART, SUSAN SCHROEDER, AND DORIS NAMALA. Stanford University Press 2006
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