Question

This group represented the second Japanese visit to Europe, coming after a man named Bernardo 30 years prior. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this Japanese embassy, primarily composed of four teenagers, that toured Europe in the 1580s under the direction of Itō Mancio and Alessandro Valignano (“vahl-in-YAH-noh”). This embassy introduced the printing press to Japan on its return.
ANSWER: Tenshō embassy [or Tenshō shōnen shisetsu embassy; or Tenshō boys’ embassy]
[10e] Valignano was a member of this Catholic order founded by the author of the Spiritual Exercises. Francis Xavier, a member of this order, helped lead Catholic evangelization in Japan.
ANSWER: Jesuit Order [or Jesuits; or Society of Jesus; or Societas Iesu; prompt on SJ]
[10m] The Tenshō embassy met this pope just before his death and attended Sixtus V’s subsequent coronation. This pope implemented a recommendation from the astronomers Aloysius Lilius and Christopher Clavius via the bull Inter gravissimas.
ANSWER: Gregory XIII (“the thirteenth”) [or Ugo Boncompagni; or Gregorio XIII; or Gregorius XII; Iprompt on Gregory or Gregorian calendar]

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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3Total
Brown AMaryland A010010
Chicago BOhio State A010010
Columbia ANorth Carolina A010010
Columbia BMichigan A0101020
Cornell ADuke A0101020
Cornell BMinnesota A0101020
Florida AGeorgia Tech A010010
Florida BImperial A0101020
Georgia Tech BPenn A010010
Harvard AToronto A010010
Houston AMinnesota B0101020
Illinois ASouth Carolina A010010
Iowa State APenn State A010010
MIT AIndiana A010010
McGill AClaremont A010010
NYU ARutgers B0000
Northwestern ATexas A0101020
Purdue AVanderbilt A010010
Rutgers AYale B010010
Stanford AYale A010010
UC Berkeley AChicago C010010
UC Berkeley BJohns Hopkins A010010
WUSTL AChicago A0101020
WUSTL BVirginia A010010