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*''Born: [[1843]]/9/16''
*''Died: 1917/1/13''
*''Other Names'': 長野桂次郎 ''(Nagano Keijirou)''; 米田 ''(Yoneda)''; 小花和為八 ''(Obanawa Tamehachi; childhood name); Tommy (nickname)''
*''Japanese'': 立石斧次郎 ''(Tateishi Onojirou)''
Tateishi Onojirô was, at the age of 17 or 18, the youngest member of the [[1860 Japanese Embassy to the United States|first Japanese Embassy to the United States]]. He joined the mission as an interpreter-in-training accompanying his adoptive father, formal interpreter Tateishi Tokujûrô<!--得十郎-->. Likely due in large part to his youth and attractive appearance, Onojirô, known in the US as "Tommy" after his childhood name Tamehachi, became a favorite of the US media.
He was born in [[Edo]] in [[1843]]; his original family name was Obanawa, but he was later adopted into the Tateishi family.
In [[1863]], after his return to Japan, he took on his mother's family name, Yoneda, and became a direct retainer to the [[Tokugawa shogunate|shogunate]].
Following the [[Meiji Restoration]], he took the name Nagano Keijirô. He served as a member of the [[Iwakura Mission]], and later as an official overseeing immigration to Hawaii, and as an interpreter for the Osaka Appellate Court.
==References==
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E7%AB%8B%E7%9F%B3%E6%96%A7%E6%AC%A1%E9%83%8E Tateishi Onojirô]." ''Digital-ban Nihon jinmei daijiten'' デジタル版日本人名大辞典. Kodansha, 2009.
*Gallery labels and pamphlet from exhibition "[http://www.mcny.org/exhibitions/past/Samurai-in-New-York.html Samurai in New York]." Museum of the City of New York. 25 June - 7 Nov. 2010.
[[Category:Bakumatsu]]
[[Category:Samurai]]
*''Died: 1917/1/13''
*''Other Names'': 長野桂次郎 ''(Nagano Keijirou)''; 米田 ''(Yoneda)''; 小花和為八 ''(Obanawa Tamehachi; childhood name); Tommy (nickname)''
*''Japanese'': 立石斧次郎 ''(Tateishi Onojirou)''
Tateishi Onojirô was, at the age of 17 or 18, the youngest member of the [[1860 Japanese Embassy to the United States|first Japanese Embassy to the United States]]. He joined the mission as an interpreter-in-training accompanying his adoptive father, formal interpreter Tateishi Tokujûrô<!--得十郎-->. Likely due in large part to his youth and attractive appearance, Onojirô, known in the US as "Tommy" after his childhood name Tamehachi, became a favorite of the US media.
He was born in [[Edo]] in [[1843]]; his original family name was Obanawa, but he was later adopted into the Tateishi family.
In [[1863]], after his return to Japan, he took on his mother's family name, Yoneda, and became a direct retainer to the [[Tokugawa shogunate|shogunate]].
Following the [[Meiji Restoration]], he took the name Nagano Keijirô. He served as a member of the [[Iwakura Mission]], and later as an official overseeing immigration to Hawaii, and as an interpreter for the Osaka Appellate Court.
==References==
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E7%AB%8B%E7%9F%B3%E6%96%A7%E6%AC%A1%E9%83%8E Tateishi Onojirô]." ''Digital-ban Nihon jinmei daijiten'' デジタル版日本人名大辞典. Kodansha, 2009.
*Gallery labels and pamphlet from exhibition "[http://www.mcny.org/exhibitions/past/Samurai-in-New-York.html Samurai in New York]." Museum of the City of New York. 25 June - 7 Nov. 2010.
[[Category:Bakumatsu]]
[[Category:Samurai]]