favor of his son Shigenobu. His great-grandson, baptized in 1591 and also named Matsura Takanobu, was the 3rd daimyō of Hirado Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate. Matsura Takanobu died in 1599. References Further reading Muto, Chozo. A Short History of Anglo-Japanese Relations. Tokyo: Hokuseido Press, 1936. Sansom, G. B. The Western World and Japan: A Study in the Interaction of European and Asiatic Cultures. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1950. Varg, Paul A. The Closing of the Door: Sino-American Relations, 1936–1946. Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1970. Daimyo 1529 births 1599 deaths History of Christianity in Japan Japanese pirates Matsura clan