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Anjin Miura's Japanese wife is the daughter of "Oyuki?"
Around 1600 (1600), Anjin Miura, who strengthened his spirit of nostalgia, asked Ieyasu Tokugawa to return to Japan, but Ieyasu, who appreciated his ability, did not admit his return to Japan, and instead gave the residence of Edo and the territory of Miura Peninsula Hemi. It seems that the Japanese wife was introduced around this time.
Anjin Miura's Japanese wife has many mysteries, and a history book in the Meiji era states that his wife is "Daughter of Magome Kansoyu". However, there seems to be no record in Japanese ancient documents or in the records of both U.K. and Dutch trading houses. Nevertheless, there are many things on the Internet where the wife's name is "Oyuki". What is this?
"Adams decided to marry a Japanese daughter" in a commemorative lecture given in Adams' hometown of Gillinham, U.K., in 1964. He was the daughter of Kanmu Magome, who was one of the highways in Japan, providing horses and taking care of station roads. "
Anjin Miura (William Adams)
In August 1613, Tokugawa shogunate entered into the first foreign treaty with U.K. In addition to freedom of trade, he allowed the freedom of residence in Edo. Neither the Portuguese or the Spanish who came earlier has been given such privileges. This is probably because Adams was heavily used by Ieyasu.
Taking advantage of this privilege, a trading house was opened in Hirato and Richard Cox was assigned as the trading director. According to a diary when he went to Edo to meet the general, he said.
"We headed for Uraga and arrived in Hemi in the evening. Hemi is the territory that Adams had. I met Captain Adams and his wife and two children. My son's name is Joseph. Adams died on May 16, 1620, and his son, Joseph, was to inherit. I decided to give half of my property to my wife and children in my home country, and the other half to my Japanese wife, Snow, Niko Joseph and Susanna." From this document, the theory that the names of Japanese married women may be "Yuki" became popular. Some say that the name was a little too modern at that time, and doubts remain.
Is Anjin Miura's wife really "Oyuki"?
There was a scholar who denied the historical fact that Adams married the daughter of Kanju Magome. According to Dr. Shigetomo Koda, "We have no historical fact that Mrs. Adams is the daughter of Magome." It is true that Henmi received the territory, but I can't see the number of Ishitaka 250 stones." It is written for the first time in the 1869 publication "Dainippon Commercial History", but the source of this article is clear It is unbelievable because it is not. (I attached some photos of Dr. Koda's paper.) I also obtained it and checked the contents, but the source is certainly not written.)
In order to solve this question, Mr. Koda thought that it was to find the bereaved family and look at the genealogy and past book, and borrowed documents from descendants, but it was not helpful because there was dissipation or burn It seems that It remains doubtful whether Mrs. Adams is the daughter of Kanju Magome or Yuki (snow).
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Magome: Shigetomo Koda, Department of Economics, Tokyo University of Commerce, Annual Report No. 4
Derived from Nihonbashi Surugacho: March 17, 1967 Suruga Real Estate Co., Ltd.