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Ekathotsarot was king of the Siamese kingdom of [[Ayutthaya]] from [[1605]] to [[1610]].

Ekathotsarot was king of the Siamese kingdom of [[Ayutthaya]] from [[1605]] to [[1610]].

He exchanged letters with [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]], beginning with a letter from Ieyasu in [[1606]] which asked for the establishment of formal relations, and for trade in Siamese [[eaglewood]] and firearms, and offered a number of fine [[Japanese swords]] and sets of armor "as a token of [his] sincere regard." This letter was carried from Japan to Siam by Iberians. As far as is known, there was no reply from Ekathotsarot's court. Ieyasu sent a second letter in [[1607]], drafted by [[Honda Masazumi]] and again expressing an interest in trade in firearms and gunpowder. Though the reply is not extant, later communications suggest that Ekathotsarot's court at least agreed to send such materials; whether the guns and gunpowder were ever actually sent also remains unclear.<ref>Cesare Polenghi, ''Samurai of Ayutthaya: Yamada Nagamasa, Japanese warrior and merchant in early seventeenth-century Siam''. Bangkok: White Lotus Press (2009), 15-16.</ref>  

He exchanged letters with [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]], beginning with a letter from Ieyasu in [[1606]] which asked for the establishment of formal relations, and for trade in Siamese [[eaglewood]] and firearms, and offered a number of fine [[Japanese swords]] and sets of armor "as a token of [his] sincere regard." This letter was carried from Japan to Siam by Iberians. As far as is known, there was no reply from Ekathotsarot's court. Ieyasu sent a second letter in [[1607]], drafted by [[Honda Masazumi]] and again expressing an interest in trade in firearms and [[gunpowder]]. Though the reply is not extant, later communications suggest that Ekathotsarot's court at least agreed to send such materials; whether the guns and gunpowder were ever actually sent also remains unclear.<ref>Cesare Polenghi, ''Samurai of Ayutthaya: Yamada Nagamasa, Japanese warrior and merchant in early seventeenth-century Siam''. Bangkok: White Lotus Press (2009), 15-16.</ref>  

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