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*''Japanese'': 板宮 助次郎 ''(Itamiya Sukejirou)''
Itamiya Sukejirô was a maritime trader known for contributing to supplying the [[Shimazu clan]] armies during [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi|Toyotomi Hideyoshi's]] [[Korean Invasions]].
Though captured in [[1601]] and charged with piracy, he or his next of kin then relocated to the port city of [[Sakai]] (near [[Osaka]]) and remained successful into the early [[Edo period]].
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==References==
*Maria Grazia Petrucci, “Caught Between Piracy and Trade: The Shimazu of Southern Japan…”, in Robert Antony and Angela Schottenhammer (eds.), ''Beyond the Silk Roads'', Harrassowitz Verlag (2017), pp104-105.
[[Category:Merchants]]
[[Category:Sengoku Period]]