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Jun 28, 2024 · 支倉常長 Hasekura Tsunenaga was a retainer of Masamune's. He was baptized in Spain and given the name Francisco Felipe Faxicura.
Jul 8, 2024 · One of the strangest facts about Spain is that the town of Coria del Río has a unique Japanese legacy that has seen roughly 700 people share the surname Japón. This tradition’s history can be traced back to Hasekura Tsunenaga, the leader of a Japanese delegation that visited Spain in the 17th century.
Jul 3, 2024 · Hasekura Rokuemon Tsunenaga (or Philip Francis Faxicura, baptized as Francisco Felipe Faxicura, in Spain, also spelled Faxecura Rocuyemon in period European sources, reflecting the contemporary pronunciation of Japanese; Japanese: 支倉六右衛門常長; 1571–1622) was a Japanese samurai and retainer of Date Masamune, the daimyō of Sendai ...
3 days ago · In September 1615, Saint-Tropez was visited by a delegation led by the Japanese samurai Hasekura Tsunenaga that was on its way to Rome but was forced by weather to stop in the town. This may have been the first contact between the French and the Japanese.
3 days ago · Hasekura Tsunenaga; the Japanese samurai who led the delegation to Mexico. Puerto Marqués . On January 25, 1614, a delegation led by samurai Hasekura Tsunenaga , which included over one hundred Japanese Christians as well as twenty-two samurai under the shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu , arrived from Japan to Acapulco as part of a mission to form closer relations with Catholic Europe.
4 days ago · List of songs recorded by Olivia Rodrigo. Rodrigo performing with a purple guitar, an instrument frequently used in Rodrigo's music. American singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo has recorded songs for two studio albums.
Jul 10, 2024 · From unsung talent to international star, the film ‘Searching For Sugar Man’ resurrected the legend of the once-forgotten Sixto Rodriguez.
