"The Namban Trade is packed with information and insight. Written initially for a Japanese academic audience, it is not dominated by a single argument but rather presents a masterful analysis of individual moments. While this means that it takes time and sometimes multiple readings to fully digest, the picture it presents is nonetheless compelling.[...] Oka has made an invaluable contribution to a new assessment of Nanban trade, and her study should be read by anyone interested in Japan’s overseas entanglements." – Adam Cullow, in Monumenta Nipponica 76:2 (2021).

"In this very well researched book, Oka Mihoko brings new attention to various established sources, risking interpretations that will certainly open fresh lines of inquiry. Her work makes this volume a fundamental contribution to current research on the subject of early modern trade and social networks in East Asia." – Alexandra Curvelo.

"(...) these details contribute to making this volume an important and valuable resource for everyone interested in the European Expansion in East Asia and in Japan’s history with European traders and missionaries." – Brigitte Pickl-Kolaczia, Austrian Academy of Sciences, in Religious Studies Review 48:2 (June 2022), p. 297.