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William Adams (Japanese: ウィリアム・アダムス, Hepburn: Uiriamu Adamusu, historical kana orthography: ウヰリアム・アダムス; 24 September 1564 – 16 May 1620), better known in Japan as Miura Anjin (三浦按針, 'the pilot of Miura'), was an English navigator who, in 1600, became the first Englishman to reach Japan.
John Blackthorne, also known as Anjin (按針, lit. "Pilot", "Steuermann"), is the protagonist of James Clavell's 1975 novel Shōgun.The character is loosely based on the life of the 17th-century English navigator William Adams, who was the first Englishman to visit Japan.
William Adams was born in Kent in 1564. In later life, he recalled his childhood in a letter, writing: “I am a Kentish-man, borne in a Towne called Gillingham, two English miles from Rochester ...
William Adams (samurai) (1564–1620), English maritime navigator, shipbuilder and advisor to the Japanese government; William Adams (haberdasher) (1585–1661), London haberdasher and founder of Adams' Grammar School; William Adams (lawyer) (1772–1851), English lawyer, helped negotiate settlements with the US c.1814/1815
William Adams: Pilot of De Liefde, Dutch ship [12] 1600 [12] Miura Anjin (the pilot of Miura) 三浦按針 Tokugawa Ieyasu→ Tokugawa Hidetada: 250 koku. [10] [13] He was granted the rank of Hatamoto, a fief and 80-90 servants. Interpreter and shipwright of Tokugawa Shogunate.
She was the daughter of Akechi Mitsuhide and Tsumaki Hiroko, the wife of Hosokawa Tadaoki, and a convert to Catholicism. [2] [3] As the last notable survivor of the Akechi clan, the clan that planned and executed the assassination of Oda Nobunaga, the first "Great Unifier" of Japan, Gracia's death affected both armies. The incident did much ...
William Adams landed in Japan in April 1600 as the navigator of the Dutch ship Liefde (Love), had entered the service of the Japanese shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, and had recently made contact with the English, creating an opportunity to open trading relations. The diaries of Saris suggest that he was unware of Adams' existence until he returned to ...
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...