Luís Fróis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Luís Fróis

missionary from Portugal

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-0001

Place of Birth: Lisbon, Lisbon District, Portugal

Date of Death: 08-Jul-1597

Profession: writer, missionary

Nationality: Portugal

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Luís Fróis (1532 – 8 July 1597) was a Portuguese missionary. He was born in Lisbon and in 1548 joined the Society of Jesus (Jesuits).
In 1563, he arrived in Japan to engage in missionary work, and in the following year arrived in Kyoto, meeting Ashikaga Yoshiteru who was then shogun.
In 1569, he befriended Oda Nobunaga and stayed in his personal residence in Gifu while writing books for a short while.
His works on history were somewhat expanded by Joao Rodrigues.
Among his works was the Treatise (1585) on the contrast of morals between Europe and Japan (Tratado em que se contêm muito sucinta e abreviadamente algumas contradições e diferenças de costumes entre a gente de Europa e esta província de Japão). Frois witnessed the end of Nobunaga, from his church across the street from Honno-ji, writing an account afterward.