Anjirō

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A statue of St.Francis Xavier (center), Anjirō (left) and Bernard of Kagoshima (right) in Xavier Park (Kagoshima city, Japan).

Anjirō (アンジロー, Anjirō^?) or Yajirō (ヤジロー, ヤジロウ, Yajirō^?), later known as Paulo de Santa Fé, was a well known Japanese interpreter from Satsuma Province. After committing a murder, he fled to the province of Guo, where he met Saint Francis Xavier (1506–1552) and returned to Japan with him as an interpreter. It is known that Anjirō had a unique outlook on the ways of Japan, which gained the interest of missionaries at Goa.

[edit] See also

• Exploration of Asia

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