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   Minoru Saba (minorusaba@toad.social)'s status on Thursday, 18-Jul-2024 22:36:35 JST Minoru Saba

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   • David :SetouchiExplorer:

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   It seems that William Adams, who arrived in Japan in 1600 and became an advisor to Ieyasu, opened a path for trade with England, so Ieyasu might have heard about Shakespeare amongst all the other info on Europe he wanted from a different viewpoint than those of Catholic Spain and Portugal.
   https://oxfordandempire.web.ox.ac.uk/article/bodleian-shuinjo-early-english-trade-japan-1613-1623

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     David :SetouchiExplorer: (david@setouchi.social)'s status on Thursday, 18-Jul-2024 22:36:39 JST David :SetouchiExplorer:

     TIL that Shakespeare and Ieyasu Tokugawa both died in 1616.

     That's all (I was looking for a Japanese contemporary of Shakespeare for my students)
     I wonder if they ever heard about each other? Unlikely, but who knows?

     #Shakespeare #Japan #History