The Portuguese in the East Asian seas in the 16th century -- The structure and content of Namban trade -- The Namban … trade and Nagasaki merchants: structure of investment and capital injection -- Macao and the Namban trade: the "maritime … loan" debt problem -- Religion and power in Macao -- The Jesuits and trade after the prohibition of Christianity in Japan …

and the opening of Yokohama -- The first merchant of Yokohama -- Bakumatsu Japan's trade and Yokohama's place in that … trade -- Yokohama and its hinterland -- The producers of Eastern Japan -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Japan's exports and …