The Life of William Adams :: William Adams ウィリアム･アダムス
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William Adams (24 September 1564 - 16 May 1620), known in Japanese as Anjin Miura (三浦按針: "the pilot of Miura"), was an English navigator who in 1600 was the first of his nation to reach Japan. One of a few survivors of the only Dutch East India Company ship to reach Japan from a five-ship expedition of 1598, Adams settled...
The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/gonejahman on 2024-04-17 20:20:45.

Original Title: TIL Shogun Tokugawa leyasu decreed William Adams(first western samurai) was dead and that Miura Anjin, a samurai, was born. This action “freed” Adams to serve the Shogunate permanently, making Adams’ wife in England a widow. Adams managed to send regular support payments to her after 1613.