16. yüzyılda İngilizler
- William Adams – Real-Life European Samurai. ... William Adams influence in Japan extended far beyond his unique position as a European samurai.
- William Adams, Japonya'ya ulaşan ilk İngiliz olmakla kalmayıp, aynı zamanda shogun danışmanı ve samuray olan ilk Batılılardan biri oldu.
- Read a biography of William Adams, the English seafarer and samurai of the Edo Period. Adams became an adviser to shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa.
- William Adams was born on the 24th of September 1564, in Gillingham, a town in the county of Kent, England and was the first white Samurai.
- William Adams, also known as Miura Anjin in Japan, transcended cultural boundaries to become one of the first Western Samurai in Japanese history.
- Tokugawa Ieyasu rewarded William Adams’ loyalty with the status of hatamoto, a high ranking samurai in the direct service of Tokugawa shoguns.
- Not only was William Adams the first Englishman to reach Japan, he became an adviser to the shogun and one of the first Westerners to become a samurai.