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*''Other Names: Paulo de Bada''

*''Other Names: Paulo de Bada''

Wada Rizaemon was a prominent Japanese trader in Southeast Asia in the early years of the 17th century.

Wada Rizaemon was a prominent Japanese trader in Southeast Asia in the early years of the 17th century.

A Japanese [[Christianity|Christian]], he fled to [[Macao]] when the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] issued bans on Christianity in [[1614]]. He later found work as an agent for a Portuguese vessel, trading chiefly in raw [[silk]] in the ports of [[Quang Nam]]. He then relocated to [[Tonkin]], where he established himself in the silk and [[copper]] trades, and eventually gained a position in the [[Le Dynasty]] imperial court. In [[1654]], he helped broker a treaty between the Tonkin authorities and the Spanish Governor of Luzon.<ref>Wray, 87.</ref>

A Japanese [[Christianity|Christian]] originally from [[Nagasaki]], he fled to [[Macao]] when the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] issued bans on Christianity in [[1614]]. He later found work as an agent for a Portuguese vessel, trading chiefly in raw [[silk]] in the ports of [[Quang Nam]]. He then relocated to [[Tonkin]] in [[1626]] along with his wife. There, he established himself in the silk and [[copper]] trades, and eventually gained a position in the [[Le Dynasty]] imperial court. In [[1652]], he became the second-highest official in Tonkin, as a supervisor for foreign commerce in the port. Two years later, in [[1654]], he helped broker a treaty between the Tonkin authorities and the Spanish Governor of Luzon.<ref>Wray, 87.</ref>

Wada was also a significant investor in Chinese and [[VOC|Dutch]] trading endeavors,<ref>Wray, 86.</ref> though he was also financed in turn, receiving roughly 1,000 [[tael]]s a year from his mother-in-law, which he used to pay for shipping goods to Japan aboard Dutch ships. This woman's daughter, Wada's wife Ursula, served as a translator and intermediary for Portuguese merchants in Tonkin as well.<ref>Wray, 89.</ref>

Wada was also a significant investor in Chinese and [[VOC|Dutch]] trading endeavors,<ref>Wray, 86.</ref> though he was also financed in turn, receiving roughly 1,000 [[tael]]s a year from his mother-in-law, which he used to pay for shipping goods to Japan aboard Dutch ships. This woman's daughter, Wada's wife Ursula, served as a translator and intermediary for Portuguese merchants in Tonkin as well.<ref>Wray, 89.</ref>

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==References==

==References==

*William Wray, “The Seventeenth-century Japanese Diaspora: Questions of Boundary and Policy,” in Ina Baghdiantz McCabe et al (eds.), ''Diaspora Entrepreneurial Networks'', Oxford: Berg (2005), 79.

*William Wray, “The Seventeenth-century Japanese Diaspora: Questions of Boundary and Policy,” in Ina Baghdiantz McCabe et al (eds.), ''Diaspora Entrepreneurial Networks'', Oxford: Berg (2005), 79.

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