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Originally from Nakahama village, [[Tosa province]], Manjirô and five others in his fishing boat drifted out to sea on [[1840]]/1/5. Dashed up upon some rocks and stranded, he survived in a cave for some time, eating mainly fish, until he was found and rescued by an American [[whaling]] ship the following year. They brought him back with them to [[Hawaii]] and then to Massachusetts, where he learned English, Western techniques of navigation, whaling, and coopering (the making of barrels), before returning to Japan in [[1851]]. On this return voyage, he and two of his compatriots were first brought by an American ship to [[Mabuni]], near the southern tip of [[Okinawa Island]], then aboard [[Kagoshima han|Kagoshima domain]] vessels to [[Kagoshima]].<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 293.</ref> The three were then conveyed by Kagoshima to [[Nagasaki]], where they were imprisoned and interrogated by ''[[Nagasaki bugyo|Nagasaki bugyô]]'' [[Maki Yoshinori]],<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô, vol. 1, 327.</ref> and then returned to [[Tosa han]].<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô, vol. 1, 366.</ref>

Originally from Nakahama village, [[Tosa province]], Manjirô and five others in his fishing boat drifted out to sea on [[1840]]/1/5. Dashed up upon some rocks and stranded, he survived in a cave for some time, eating mainly fish, until he was found and rescued by an American [[whaling]] ship the following year. They brought him back with them to [[Hawaii]] and then to Massachusetts, where he learned English, Western techniques of navigation, whaling, and coopering (the making of barrels), before returning to Japan in [[1851]]. On this return voyage, he and two of his compatriots were first brought by an American ship to [[Mabuni]], near the southern tip of [[Okinawa Island]], then aboard [[Kagoshima han|Kagoshima domain]] vessels to [[Kagoshima]].<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 293.</ref> The three were then conveyed by Kagoshima to [[Nagasaki]], where they were imprisoned and interrogated by ''[[Nagasaki bugyo|Nagasaki bugyô]]'' [[Maki Yoshinori]],<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô, vol. 1, 327.</ref> and then returned to [[Tosa han]].<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô, vol. 1, 366.</ref>

In Tosa, Manjirô was made an instructor at the Kyôjukan [[domain school]], was given a one-person [[stipend]], and was granted use of the surname Nakahama.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô, vol. 1, 386.</ref> He would later serve as an interpreter during the shogunate's encounters with [[Commodore Perry]].

Manjirô's experiences in the United States are recorded in a volume titled ''Hyôkyaku danki'' (漂客談記), which he dictated.<ref>Plaques at [[Sakuragicho Station|Sakuragichô Station]].[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/16673156149/sizes/k/]</ref>

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