A reminder the Portuguese not only converted a lot of Japanese to Catholicism, but also ONLY supplied the the new Catholics with guns which led to an uprising and coup attempt.
The Japanese imperials won because the Protestant Dutch supplied the Japanese side with guns (because fuck the Catholics) and while the Portuguese were driven off Japan, the Catholic converted hunted down, the Dutch became valuable allies and welcomed trading partners. There's even a place in Japan that's basically little Netherlands, you'd think you were in Europe despite it being Japan.
Tldr; You're using a hostile force known for forced conversions and native genocide as your source for diversity in history in a place they lost to the native population..
A reminder the Portuguese not only converted a lot of Japanese to Catholicism, but also ONLY supplied the the new Catholics with guns which led to an uprising and coup attempt.
The Japanese imperials won because the Protestant Dutch supplied the Japanese side with guns (because fuck the Catholics) and while the Portuguese were driven off Japan, the Catholic converted hunted down, the Dutch became valuable allies and welcomed trading partners. There's even a place in Japan that's basically little Netherlands, you'd think you were in Europe despite it being Japan.
Tldr; You're using a hostile force known for forced conversions and native genocide as your source for diversity in history in a place they lost to the native population..