Hirado is a port city in [[Nagasaki prefecture]], which served as one of the chief centers of Chinese and European commercial activity in Japan in the late 16th to early 17th centuries, and was the location of [[Hirado castle]], seat of the [[Matsuura clan]] lords of [[Hirado han]].
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Hirado is a port city in [[Nagasaki prefecture]], which served as one of the chief centers of Chinese and European commercial activity in Japan in the late 16th to early 17th centuries, and was the location of [[Hirado castle]], seat of the [[Matsura clan]] lords of [[Hirado han]].