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[[Image:TommyOnojiro.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Tateishi "Tommy" Onojirô as seen in an 1860 New York newspaper illustration, reproduced in a gallery label at the Museum of the City of New York.]]
*''Born: [[1843]]/9/16''
*''Born: [[1843]]/9/16''
*''Died: 1917/1/13''
*''Died: 1917/1/13''
*''Japanese'': 立石斧次郎 ''(Tateishi Onojirou)''
*''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.
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 often mistakenly referred to in the American newspapers as "Jateishi Osojero" or by various other misspellings of his name.
Onojirô 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]].
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]].
