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| *''Died: [[1559]]'' | | *''Died: [[1559]]'' |
− | *''Chinese'': 汪直 or 王直 (traditional characters) | + | *''Other Names'': 五峯 ''(Wǔ Fēng / Go Hou)'' |
| + | *''Chinese/Japanese'': 汪直 or 王直 (Wáng Zhí / Ou Choku) |
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− | Wang Zhi was a Chinese merchant and smuggler of the early-to-mid 16th century. Originally from [[Anhui province]], he came to Japan for the first time in the 1540s. He and his thousand or so men, a mixed Chinese and Japanese crew, based at [[Hirado]] and enjoying the aid of the [[Matsuura clan]] lord, engaged in illicit trade, mostly importing Chinese silks into Japan in exchange for Japanese silver. As his activities were in violation of the Chinese ''[[hai jin]]'' bans, he was labeled ''[[wako|wakô]]'' by the Chinese authorities. | + | Wang Zhi was a Chinese merchant and smuggler of the early-to-mid 16th century. Originally from [[Anhui province]], he came to Japan for the first time in the 1540s. He and his thousand or so men, a mixed Chinese and Japanese crew, based at [[Hirado]] and enjoying the aid of the [[Matsura clan]] lord, engaged in illicit trade, mostly importing Chinese silks into Japan in exchange for Japanese silver. As his activities were in violation of the Chinese ''[[hai jin]]'' bans, he was labeled ''[[wako|wakô]]'' by the Chinese authorities. |
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| Wang is also said to have served as a translator aboard the Portuguese ship (possibly a Chinese junk carrying Portuguese crew and/or passengers) which famously brought the first Western firearms to Japan, at [[Tanegashima]] in [[1543]]. | | Wang is also said to have served as a translator aboard the Portuguese ship (possibly a Chinese junk carrying Portuguese crew and/or passengers) which famously brought the first Western firearms to Japan, at [[Tanegashima]] in [[1543]]. |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
| *Arano Yasunori. "The Formation of a Japanocentric World Order." ''International Journal of Asian Studies'' 2:2 (2005). pp185-216. | | *Arano Yasunori. "The Formation of a Japanocentric World Order." ''International Journal of Asian Studies'' 2:2 (2005). pp185-216. |
− | *[[Marius Jansen]], ''China in the Tokugawa World'', Harvard University Press (1992), 6. | + | *[[Marius Jansen]], ''China in the Tokugawa World'', Harvard University Press (1992), 6-7. |
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| [[Category:Sengoku Period]] | | [[Category:Sengoku Period]] |