Grave of Miura Anjin

A moving visit to pay respects to a fellow Englishman

Years ago, in 1980, I saw the TV series 'Shogun' in which Richard Chamberlain played the character Blackthorne based on the real Miura Anjin as he is known in Japan; Will Adams. I wouldn't have known ...

In the search of William Adams in Hirado.

I love the story of William Adams. Ship wrecked off the east coast of Kyushu to become one of the first foreign samurai. Hirado is full of history, especially connected with foreign trade. Wonderfu...

Ieyasu’s advisor

Miura Anjin, an English man, happened to come to Hirado, because his ship “De Liefde” was wrecked. Then he became a diplomatic advisor of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first Shogun in Edo Period. Then he decid...

A must stop for William Adams fans.

This is well done tribute to William Adams known to Japanese as Miura Anjin, and to fans of James Clavell's 1975 novel Shogun as the fictional John Blackthorn. Peaceful, quiet with good free parking c...

三浦按針の遺言によりこの地に墓碑が建てられた。

三浦按針(ウィリアム･アダムス)は、始めて日本に来たイギリス人である。 1600年オランダ船リーフデ号(航海長)で豊後(大分県)に漂着し、平戸には1613年にやって来た。 その間徳川家康は、彼を外交顧問として、今の神奈川県横須賀市に住まわせ、250石を与え召し抱えていた。 慶長年間、オランダ、イギリスが通商を許され、平戸に商館を設置するようになったのは、按針の力によるところ大であったといわれてい...