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About Ōmura Sumitada
Ōmura Sumitada was a Japanese daimyō lord of the Sengoku period. He became famous throughout the country for being the first of the daimyo to convert to Christianity following the arrival of the Jesuit missionaries in the mid-16th century. Following his baptism, he became known as "Dom Bartolomeu". Sumitada is also known as the lord who opened the port of Nagasaki to foreign trade.
Everything about Ōmura Sumitada →- Occupation
- samurai
- Position held
- daimyo
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Born
- 1533
- Died
- June 23, 1587