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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 57. Chapters: People of Edo period Japan, Hasekura Tsunenaga, William Adams, Yagy Munetoshi, Emperor Go-Mizunoo, Empress Meish, Tokugawa Iemitsu, Tada Kasuke, Emperor Go-K my, Tanaka Sh suke, Kat Kiyomasa, Tokugawa Hidetada, Arai Hakuseki, Tokugawa Ietsuna, F ma Kotar, Yodo-dono, Yagy J bei Mitsuyoshi, Ky goku Takatsugu, Honda Tadakatsu, Honami K etsu, Yagy Munenori, Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Hishikawa Moronobu, Ohatsu, Oeyo, K chiyama S shun, Amakusa Shir, Senhime, Toyotomi Hideyori, Torii Kiyonobu I, Fukushima Masanori, Sanada Nobuyuki, Tokugawa Masako, Takano Ch ei, Mogami Yoshiaki, Janus Henricus Donker Curtius, Sat Nobuhiro, Arima Naozumi, Honda Tadatoki, Henri Nicol, Sanai Hashimoto, Konoe Sakihisa, Masaki Toshimitsu Dannoshin, Fukui Hyoemon Yoshihira, Tokugawa Tadanaga, Sakazaki Naomori, Yokoyama Marumitsu, Yagy Munefuyu, Okita Mitsu, Hayashi Shiryu, Nabeshima Motoshige, Nakamura Ichiroemon, Nishikawa Sukenobu, Iwasa Matabei, Kunisada Ch ji. Excerpt: Hasekura Rokuemon Tsunenaga or ("Francisco Felipe Faxicura," as he was baptized in Spain) (1571 - 1622) (Japanese: , also spelled Faxecura Rocuyemon in period European sources, reflecting the contemporary pronunciation of Japanese) was a Japanese samurai and retainer of Date Masamune, the daimyo of Sendai. In the years 1613 through 1620, Hasekura headed a diplomatic mission to the Vatican in Rome, traveling through New Spain (arriving in Acapulco and departing from Veracruz) and visiting various ports-of-call in Europe. This historic mission is called the Keich Embassy (), and follows the Tensh embassy () of 1582. On the return trip, Hasekura and his companions re-traced their route across Mexico in 1619, sailing from Acapulco for Manila, and then sailing north to Japan in 1620. He is conventionally considered the first Japanese ambassador in the Americas and in Europe. ...
