| Valignano is known to have written positively of the Japanese, describing them as "white, courteous, and highly civilized," and writing otherwise of their dignity, cleanliness, rationality, and a host of other positive traits.<ref>Conrad Schirokauer, David Lurie, and Suzanne Gay, ''A Brief History of Japanese Civilization'', Wadsworth Cengage (2013), 123.</ref> | | Valignano is known to have written positively of the Japanese, describing them as "white, courteous, and highly civilized," and writing otherwise of their dignity, cleanliness, rationality, and a host of other positive traits.<ref>Conrad Schirokauer, David Lurie, and Suzanne Gay, ''A Brief History of Japanese Civilization'', Wadsworth Cengage (2013), 123.</ref> |
− | He departed Japan in February [[1582]]. | + | He departed Japan in February [[1582]], leaving [[Gaspar Coelho]] in charge of Japan operations, but returned in July [[1590]] for a brief time. |