Instead he decides to do after the Philippines?
Could he succeed?
What kind of butterflies would that cause?
But the Japanese were building their own copies of Dutch firearms and sailing ships. If they continue along that line, instead of otls tokugawa isolationism, theyd have good ocean going ships, and MUCH shorter supply lines than the Spanish.I believe that the Tokugawa Shogunate were aready-at least before the Seclusion Edict of 1635-relatively friendly to the Dutch. They acquired the support of Dutch ships against rebels, and eagerly utilised Dutch firearms. Indeed, 1/10 of Dutch East India Company employees were Japanese. Nevertheless, any support the Dutch could offer against the Philipines, this far from home, would be negligible. And Christianity will still not be tolerated.
(Note: this is going mostly from memory. I could be wrong.)
Toyotomi Hideyoshi's strongest supporters were Christians, Catholics in particular.And Christianity will still not be tolerated.
That would mean kicking out the Dutch, something they might be reluctant to do.Taking Taiwan would be even easier, as while the aborigines are fierce, there are very few Chinese there.
But the Japanese were building their own copies of Dutch firearms and sailing ships. If they continue along that line, instead of otls tokugawa isolationism, theyd have good ocean going ships, and MUCH shorter supply lines than the Spanish.
Taking Taiwan would be even easier, as while the aborigines are fierce, there are very few Chinese there.
Mind, Japan's tried taking Taiwan during this time period. The issue was always less actually fighting the natives and more not dying of disease.
If Japan tried to take Taiwan they didn't put even a tenth of the effort they put into Korea,Heh dying of disease.... So it wasnt only the Europeans dropping dead cause of malaria and other tropical diseases eh?![]()