William Adams (Miura Anjin)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/William_Adams_(Miura_Anjin)
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:diplomat
gptkb:website
gptkb:samurai
gptkbp:arrivedInJapan 1600
gptkbp:birthDate 1564
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Gillingham,_Kent,_England
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Hirado,_Japan
gptkbp:children gptkb:Joseph_Adams
gptkb:Miura_Ōtami
gptkb:Susanna_Adams
Miura Hyōgo
gptkbp:deathDate 1620
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Hirado,_Japan
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Tokugawa_Ieyasu
gptkbp:expedition Dutch East India Company expedition (1598)
gptkbp:fleetSize gptkb:De_Liefde
gptkbp:grantedFief gptkb:Miura_Peninsula
gptkbp:grantedTitle gptkb:samurai
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William Adams (Miura Anjin)
gptkbp:JapaneseName gptkb:Miura_Anjin
gptkbp:knownFor first Englishman to reach Japan
advisor to Tokugawa Ieyasu
one of the first Western samurai
gptkbp:legacy influenced Anglo-Japanese relations
inspiration for fictional characters in literature and media
gptkbp:nationality English
gptkbp:notableEvent forbidden to leave Japan by Tokugawa Ieyasu
helped establish English trading post in Hirado
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:merchant
gptkb:pilot
shipwright
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Protestantism
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Hyn
gptkb:Oyuki
gptkbp:subjectOf James Clavell's novel 'Shōgun'
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Hirado_City
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7