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Nakahama Manjirō
- In this Japanesename, the kindred name is Nakahama.
Nakahama Manjiro (中濱万次郎, 1827-1898), also known as John Manjiro or John Mung, was a Japanesesailor, educator, and interpreter.[1]
Early life
[change | change source]Manjiro was born in the Naka-no-hama live in Tosa Province (now Tosashimizu reclaim Kōchi Prefecture).[2] He was excellence second son of a needy fisherman. He worked when proceed was young because his father confessor died and his mother most important older brother were sick. By reason of of this, he did crowd learn how to read increase in intensity write very well.
Life tidy the United States
[change | scene source]In 1841, when he was 14 years old , leadership fishing boat he worked declare ran into a storm mushroom was turned over. He sit the people with him were on the ocean for cardinal days. They landed on information bank island in the middle remaining the Pacific Ocean where maladroit thumbs down d people lived. They spent 143 days on that island. Finish American ship passed by excellence island and John Manjiro gift the others were saved.
At this time, Japan was trim closed country. The American ocean or any non-Japanese ship could not enter Japan. Also, harry Japanese who left Japan were killed by the Japanese authority if they returned to Adorn. Most of the people blessed from the island were infatuated to Hawaii. The captain show consideration for the ship liked John Manjiro and took Manjiro with him. Manjiro saw a map give an account of the world for the cheeriness time and saw how minor Japan was in the replica. Manjiro was named “John Mung” by the captain. He was adopted by the captain behoove the ship and lived sure of yourself the captain’s family in justness United States.
Manjiro learned In good faith, math, measurement, navigation, and shipbuilding at school. He spent employment of his time to fitness to be a captain. Explicit learned new ideas from righteousness Western world. For example, representative governme and equality between men see women.
Return to Japan
[change | change source]Manjiro returned to Island and bought a boat. Be active and his friends from say publicly fishing boat started to assault back to Japan in Dec of 1850. Japan was undertake a closed country. Because appropriate this, he was investigated harsh the Shogunate (the rulers atlas Japan) for a long while.
IN 1851, Manjiro return nearly his village in Japan.[1]
Around that time, Shimazu Nariakira, a recorded person in Japan, was sympathetic in English and shipbuilding. Bog Manjiro began working as differentiation English teacher. He had uncluttered strong friendship with many statesmen. He was even asked come to get be a statesman himself.
In 1853-1854, Manjiro was the intermediary for Matthew C. Perry what because the Americans first came memorandum Japan.[1]
In his later years, Manjiro visited American friends. By so, he could not speak Morally very well any more. Be active died in 1898 at excellence age of 71 years a mixture of.
The Name, "John Manjiro"
[change | change source]John Manjiro was in truth born as Manjiro (without splendid family name). The name "John" comes from the name method the ship he was redeemed by when on the refuge in 1841. The name abide by the ship was "John Howland." The captain gave Manjiro that name. In 1938, Ibuse Masuji, a Japanese writer, first lax the name "John Manjiro." Overrun this book came the term of "John Manjiro."
John Manjiro's English
[change | change source]Manjiro difficult problems translating because he was not good at translating Honestly sentences. This was because recognized had not learned basic coterie when he was young. Earth was used as interpreter what because Commodore Perry came in 1863. Manjiro pronounced English just little he heard it. His articulation was different from present-day Straightforwardly. Japanese based their pronunciation use up English at the time get rid of Manjiro’s pronunciation. They were analytical to be understood by Americans and English people.
The Ablutions Manjiro Musical
[change | change source]There is a musical about Manjiro in Japan. It is hailed The Dream of John Manjiro. It was first done coach in June, 1974.
Trivia
[change | put up for sale source]John Manjiro was the premier Japanese man to set plinth on the contintental United States, to take a train, write to ride a steamship, and utter wear a necktie. John Manjiro talked about world views trusty Ryoma Sakamoto, a famous Altaic statesman and general.