Talk:William Adams (sailor)

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In the city of Ito, Shizuoka, The Mura Anjin festival is held all day on August 10.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 210.196.44.236 (talk • contribs) 06:39, 10 August 2005.


To my knowledge, the figurehead of the 'Liefde' (which was previously named 'Erasmus', which is what the figurehead depicts), is still kept in the imperial museum in Tokio. I do not know wether there might be images of it available. J.B. 86.41.214.219 16:47, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Yes, it seems my entry (note 2) "The statue (...) is preserved in a buddhist temple in Sano-shi, Tochigi-ken. (...)" is wrong. An image CAN be found here: http://www.maphist.nl/ill/1998629.htm. The accompanying Dutch text states the temporary exhibition of the statue in Rotterdam is thanks to the Tokyo National Museum. Perhaps someone who CAN read japanese can make sure by looking at http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/e-japan/tochigi/kikaku/052/11.htm). Kudonogame 12:50, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Shogun::

The book's main characters follows the characters of Williams Adams and Tokugawa Ieyasu very closely.


I don't know exactly the route of the two ships in 1599, but i have serious doubts about could be Hawaii; from Chile, the winds and the water streams go to the north until the ecuador and from here across the ocean to present Indonesia; Hawaii is in the middle of the opposite way, with the winds and water streams walking from Japan to USA, and of course a sea of calms in the middle of the ocean.

-Fco

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Having not read the entire thing word for word, I can't make any overall comments on spelling, grammar, and the like, but for length, apparent depth & detail, and pictures, I think this is definitely worth ranking above "a good start." LordAmeth 08:03, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

I've changed the importance of the article from Low to High as Adams was among the first Europeans in Japan, certainly the first Englishman, and certainly the first (if not only, ever) European hatamoto and direct advisor to a shogun. You can move him to "mid" if you'd like, but to my mind, Low is reserved for those who've had no influence on Japan's history or development. Music albums, porn actors, low-ranking samurai... LordAmeth 08:05, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bloody advisor

Thanks to Adams' advices thousands of Japanese Chrisitians were killed by the Tokugawa regime. I wounder if anybody admire this disgusting fellow. His hands are in blood not less than hads of the Spanish conquistador. --133.41.4.47 14:50, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Some sources for that? PHG 04:23, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
That's just a religious diatribe somebody posted. Pay no attention to it. Engr105th 13:34, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
  • The agenda of William Adams was to establish trade relations with Japan for Britain. At the time, Portugal with the newly Christian (Catholic) Japanese converts had favorable trade relations with Japan. Adams who was a Protestant wanted to reduce Catholic and thereby Portuguese influence in Japan.--71.105.243.108 (talk) 19:19, 12 February 2008 (UTC)