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Jirôkichi was an [[Edo period]] sailor who became marooned, and traveled to Hawaii, Kamchatka, and Alaska before being returned to Japan. He recorded aspects of his journey in the book ''Bantan'' (蕃譚, "Barbarian Stories").

Jirôkichi was an [[Edo period]] sailor who became marooned, and traveled to Hawaii, Kamchatka, and Alaska before being returned to Japan. He recorded aspects of his journey in the book ''Bantan'' (蕃譚, "Barbarian Stories").

Jirôkichi was a crewman on the Chôjamaru of [[Etchu province|Etchû province]]. In 1838, he became shipwrecked off of [[Sendai]]; six months later, he was picked up by an American whaling ship, and brought to Hawaii. He and his compatriots may have been the first Japanese in Hawaii; they are, at least, the first of whom historians are aware. Jirôkichi later traveled through Alaska, Kamchatka, and [[Iturup]] (J: ''Etorofu'') before returning to Japan proper in [[1843]]. Detained in [[Edo]], he was eventually allowed to return to his village, where, with the help of [[Koga Kin'ichiro|Koga Kin'ichirô]], he wrote ''Bantan'', an account of his travels, complete with numerous color illustrations. It is the first Japanese account of the land and people of Hawaii.

Jirôkichi was a crewman on the Chôjamaru of [[Etchu province|Etchû province]]. In 1838, he became shipwrecked off of [[Sendai]]; six months later, he was picked up by an American whaling ship, and brought to Hawaii. He and his compatriots may have been the first Japanese in Hawaii; they are, at least, the first of whom historians are aware. Jirôkichi and two of his companions then lived with the family of Gerrit Judd in Honolulu until [[1840]]; the fates of the other four are unknown. Jirôkichi later traveled through Alaska, Kamchatka, and [[Iturup]] (J: ''Etorofu'') before returning to Japan proper in [[1843]]. Detained in [[Edo]], he was eventually allowed to return to his village, where, with the help of [[Koga Kin'ichiro|Koga Kin'ichirô]], he wrote ''Bantan'', an account of his travels, complete with numerous color illustrations. It is the first Japanese account of the land and people of Hawaii.

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