Talk:O-yatoi gaikokujin

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A couple of comments on this article:

"o-yatoi gaikokujin" and "oyatoi gaikokujin" are exactly the same thing, the hyphen being superfluous, so it is not necessary to differentiate. The "o" is simply a common prefix to make the root (here "yatou" "to hire") sound more 'polite'. The hyphen is used sometimes in romanization simply to point out that the preceding "o" is not actually part of the word.

Also, there appears to be an error in the article unless I am reading this wrong: "The o-yatoi gaikokujin ........were summoned, at the end of the Bakufu and during the Meiji Era, reaching over 3000 in all (with thousands more in the private sector) as of 1868" is followed by "They were highly valued; in 1874 the oyatoi numbered 520, ......". Either the population of foreign national professionals in Japan dropped drastically in number over six years, or one of those numbers is incorrect.

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Cutler 10:54, Jan 10, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Removed self-reference

I removed the text "There has been some discussion as to the exact definition of 'o-yatoi gaikokujin' and whether Basil Hall Chamberlain was one. See Category talk:O-yatoi gaikokujin.", as per Wikipedia: No self-references. I was going to rewrite this in a non-self-referring fashion, then realized that doing such a thing would be original research: I can't rely on a Wikipedia talk page to make factual claims in the article itself. So if anyone has any references for or against including Chamberlain (or others) as "oyatoi gaikokujin", please feel free to add them in. Colin M. 04:24, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] My Suggestion

I suggest this article should be merged with the Gaijin article already written because the O-yatoi Gaijin is just another type of foreigner of Japan but the foreigners are only their for buissiness and it still uses the words "Gaikokujin". Samusfan80 17:27, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

I disagree. O-yatoi gaikokujin refers to an historical concept. Gaikokujin is mostly a linguistic article. The two articles have very little in common. — Itai (talk) 19:39, 13 June 2006 (UTC)