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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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