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*''Born: [[1820]]''
*''Died: [[1871]]''
*''Other Names'': 徳真 ''(Tokushin)''
*''Japanese'': [[森山]] 栄之助 ''(Moriyama Einosuke)''
Moriyama Einosuke was a [[Tokugawa shogunate]] official who played a notable role in foreign relations interactions in the mid-1850s, especially in terms of foreign language translation and interpretation.
When American traveler [[Ranald MacDonald]] was imprisoned in [[Nagasaki]] for a time beginning in [[1848]], Moriyama was one of roughly fourteen Japanese men who learned English from him.<ref>Matt Matsuda, ''Pacific Worlds'', University of Cambridge Press (2012), 233-237.</ref> Moriyama later put these language skills to use serving as an interpreter and translator in official shogunate interactions with both [[Commodore Matthew Perry]] of the United States and [[Yevfimy Vasilyevich Putyatin]] of Russia.<ref>Mitani Hiroshi, David Noble (trans.), ''Escape from Impasse'', International House of Japan (2006), 174.</ref> During this time, he held the post of ''fushin yaku''.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 2 (1937), 6.</ref>
On [[1854]]/12/21,<ref>This date is equivalent to Feb 7, [[1855]] on the Gregorian calendar used by most Western countries, and Jan 26 on the Julian calendar used by Russia until 1918.</ref> Moriyama signed the Dutch-language version of the [[Treaty of Shimoda]] on behalf of the shogunate, along with Putyatin, while other officials signed copies in Chinese and Japanese.<ref>Mitani, 247-250, 292.</ref>
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*''Died: [[1871]]''
*''Other Names'': 徳真 ''(Tokushin)''
*''Japanese'': [[森山]] 栄之助 ''(Moriyama Einosuke)''
Moriyama Einosuke was a [[Tokugawa shogunate]] official who played a notable role in foreign relations interactions in the mid-1850s, especially in terms of foreign language translation and interpretation.
When American traveler [[Ranald MacDonald]] was imprisoned in [[Nagasaki]] for a time beginning in [[1848]], Moriyama was one of roughly fourteen Japanese men who learned English from him.<ref>Matt Matsuda, ''Pacific Worlds'', University of Cambridge Press (2012), 233-237.</ref> Moriyama later put these language skills to use serving as an interpreter and translator in official shogunate interactions with both [[Commodore Matthew Perry]] of the United States and [[Yevfimy Vasilyevich Putyatin]] of Russia.<ref>Mitani Hiroshi, David Noble (trans.), ''Escape from Impasse'', International House of Japan (2006), 174.</ref> During this time, he held the post of ''fushin yaku''.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 2 (1937), 6.</ref>
On [[1854]]/12/21,<ref>This date is equivalent to Feb 7, [[1855]] on the Gregorian calendar used by most Western countries, and Jan 26 on the Julian calendar used by Russia until 1918.</ref> Moriyama signed the Dutch-language version of the [[Treaty of Shimoda]] on behalf of the shogunate, along with Putyatin, while other officials signed copies in Chinese and Japanese.<ref>Mitani, 247-250, 292.</ref>
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==References==
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