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*''Japanese'': [[立石]] 得十郎 ''(Tateishi Tokujuurou)''
Tateishi Tokujûrô was a Dutch-language (and later, English-language) interpreter for the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] who traveled to the United States in [[1860]] as part of the [[1860 Japanese Embassy to the United States|first Japanese embassy to the US]].
After serving for a time as a Dutch-language translator, translating books provided to the shogunate by the [[Dutch East India Company]], he was ordered in [[1859]] to begin studying English under Americans then resident in [[Shimoda]].
He traveled to the United States in 1860 as part of a large entourage of shogunate officials, accompanied by his 17-year-old adoptive son [[Tateishi Onojiro|Tateishi Onojirô]], who was then in training to become a professional interpreter as well.
The following year, after returning to Japan, Tokujûrô continued to serve the shogunate as translator and interpreter; his activities included some interaction with British diplomat [[Rutherford Alcock]].
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==References==
*Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 279; vol. 2, 300.; vol. 3, 259, 468.
[[Category:Bakumatsu]]
[[Category:Samurai]]
Tateishi Tokujûrô was a Dutch-language (and later, English-language) interpreter for the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] who traveled to the United States in [[1860]] as part of the [[1860 Japanese Embassy to the United States|first Japanese embassy to the US]].
After serving for a time as a Dutch-language translator, translating books provided to the shogunate by the [[Dutch East India Company]], he was ordered in [[1859]] to begin studying English under Americans then resident in [[Shimoda]].
He traveled to the United States in 1860 as part of a large entourage of shogunate officials, accompanied by his 17-year-old adoptive son [[Tateishi Onojiro|Tateishi Onojirô]], who was then in training to become a professional interpreter as well.
The following year, after returning to Japan, Tokujûrô continued to serve the shogunate as translator and interpreter; his activities included some interaction with British diplomat [[Rutherford Alcock]].
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==References==
*Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 279; vol. 2, 300.; vol. 3, 259, 468.
[[Category:Bakumatsu]]
[[Category:Samurai]]