Anjin - The Life and Times of Samurai William Adams, 1564-1620. A Japanese Perspective (2016)
Hiromi RogersOn a battered ship, drifting into Usuki Bay, barely standing, are 23 Dutchmen and 1 Englishman, the remnants of a fleet of 5 ships and 500 men that had left Rotterdam. Englishman, William Adams, later known as Anjin Miura by the Japanese, who went from wretched prisoner to one of the Shogun’s closest advisers is the centrepiece of this book.
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Year:
2016
Publisher:
Amsterdam University Press
Language:
english
Pages:
322
ISBN 10:
1898823391
ISBN 13:
9781898823391
File:
PDF, 4.30 MB
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english, 2016