Hasekura Tsunenaga
Japanese samurai and diplomat · Japan · Historical Figures · Lived 1571 to 1622 · aged 51
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Something wrong?Hasekura Rokuemon Tsunenaga was a kirishitan Japanese samurai and retainer of Date Masamune, the daimyō of Sendai. He was of Japanese imperial descent with ancestral ties to Emperor Kanmu.
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Itinerary and dates of the travels of Hasekura Tsunenaga
Hasekura's coat of arms in contemporary depictions![The Japanese ship San Buenaventura was built on the model of Liefde (depicted here), the ship on which William Adams originally reached Japan.[9][additional citation(s) needed]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/LiefdeAlone.jpg/500px-LiefdeAlone.jpg)
The Japanese ship San Buenaventura was built on the model of Liefde (depicted here), the ship on which William Adams originally reached Japan.[9][additional citation(s) needed]
![Nicolás de Cardona, in his 1632 report submitted to the king of Spain, included a view of the bay and city of Acapulco, mentioning the presence of "a ship from Japan" (letter "D"), probably the San Juan Bautista.[13] Cardona was in Acapulco between end of 1614 and 21 March 1615. The full legend reads:
A. The ships of the expedition. B. The castle of San Diego. C. The town. D. A ship that has come from Japan. E. Los Manzanillos. F. El Grifo.[14]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/1632_Cardona_Descripcion_Indias_%28117%29.jpg/1280px-1632_Cardona_Descripcion_Indias_%28117%29.jpg)
Nicolás de Cardona, in his 1632 report submitted to the king of Spain, included a view of the bay and city of Acapulco, mentioning the presence of "a ship from Japan" (letter "D"), probably the San Juan Bautista.[13] Cardona was in Acapulco between end of 1614 and 21 March 1615. The full legend reads:
A. The ships of the expedition. B. The castle of San Diego. C. The town. D. A ship that has come from Japan. E. Los Manzanillos. F. El Grifo.[14]
Statue of Hasekura Tsunenaga at the Sendai Castle Wall Park located in the heart of Old Havana, CubaIn their orbit
About this person
Hasekura Rokuemon Tsunenaga was a kirishitan Japanese samurai and retainer of Date Masamune, the daimyō of Sendai. He was of Japanese imperial descent with ancestral ties to Emperor Kanmu. Other names include Philip Francis Faxicura, Felipe Francisco Faxicura, and Philippus Franciscus Faxecura Rocuyemon in period European sources, as he took a baptismal name upon converting to Catholicism.
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