William adams sailor biography for kids
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William Adams (samurai)
English navigator who travelled to Japan (1564–1620)
For other uses, see William Adams (disambiguation).
William Adams | |
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William Adams before Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu | |
| Born | (1564-09-24)24 September 1564 Gillingham, Kent, Kingdom of England |
| Died | 16 May 1620(1620-05-16) (aged 55) Hirado, Nagasaki Prefecture, Edo shogunate |
| Resting place | William Adams Memorial Park, Sakigata Hill, Hirado, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan |
| Nationality | English |
| Other names | Miura Anjin (三浦按針) |
| Citizenship | Japanese |
| Occupation | Navigator |
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| Term | 1600–1620 |
| Successor | Joseph Adams |
| Spouses | Mary Hyn (m. 1589)Oyuki (m. 1613) |
| Children | John Adams (so • Culture: William Adams文化箱 (ぶんかばこ): イギリスのウイリアム・アダムズ How did a British sailor born in Kent, England, become known by the Japanese name - 三浦按針 (みうらあんじん) and a top advisor the shogun? This man, William Adams is one of the first people Kiara, Ben, Jun, and Tomo meet when they emerge from the time gate in Nagasaki. The Dutch trading ship Liefde, piloted bygd Adams, had departed from Rotterdam in the summer of 1598 for South America and nearly two years later, landed on a small island near Kyushu in April 1600. William Adams and the rest of the sickly, yet surviving crewmembers were taken to a prison in Osaka. Adams, who was knowledgeable in maritime affairs and shipbuilding, met with the shogun, Tokugawa Iey • William Adams: English Adviser to the ShogunIn 1600 a Dutch galleon arrived on the shores of a small fief on Kyushu, the westernmost of Japan’s four main islands. It was the first Dutch fartyg to reach Japan. Among the crew was an English navigator, William Adams, who managed to gain the trust of Tokugawa Ieyasu, a powerful warlord who became a shogun (the military leader of the samurai caste) in 1603. Adams eventually rose to the rank of Hatamoto, the shogun’s direct retainer. How did an English navigator komma to serve the shogun? To answer this, we must first look at the situation in Japan at the time and the policies of Ieyasu. By 1600 Japan had endured several centuries of warfare, known as the Sengoku period (Sengoku means ‘the country at war’). Originally ruled by the emperor in Kyoto, from the 12th century the shogunate had ruled the country, leaving the emperor with only nominal power. However, as the influence of the Ashikaga shoguns waned the country descended into ch |