Moriyama Einosuke, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Moriyama Einosuke

samurai

Date of Birth: 10-Jul-1820

Place of Birth: Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan

Date of Death: 04-May-1871

Profession: samurai

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Moriyama Einosuke

  • Moriyama Einosuke (?? ???, July 10, 1820 – May 4, 1872) was a samurai during the Tokugawa shogunate, and an interpreter of Dutch and English.
  • He studied English under Dutch merchants and Ranald MacDonald.
  • He was called upon to assist shogunate officials during the "Manhattan Incident" of 1845, during which the American whaling ship Manhattan approached Edo to repatriate 22 castaway Japanese seamen.
  • As Chief Dutch Interpreter, he was later one of the chief men involved in the negotiations with Commodore Perry in regard to the opening of Japan to the outside world. Samuel Wells Williams, a member of Perry's second visit noted in 1854:

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