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*''Born: [[1590]]''
*''Died: [[1630]]''
Yamada Nagamasa was a leader of the ''[[Nihonmachi]]'' (Japantown) in early 17th century [[Ayutthaya]] (Siam), and of a Japanese contingent of the Siamese royal guard.
Nagamasa led some 700 men (roughly half the Japanese population of the city) in suppressing rebellions and defending the kingdom against [[Burma|Burmese]] invasions, and by 1630 enjoyed high court rank, among other privileges. He served as governor of two provinces, and held a monopoly on managing trade in deerskin and certain other commodities.<ref>Wray, William. “The 17th Century Japanese Diaspora: Questions of Boundary and Policy.” Thirteenth International Economic History Congress, Buenos Aires 2002. Preconference: Corfu, Greece, 21-22 September 2001, 10.</ref> His prominence made him a target, however, for [[Prasat Thong]], who saw Yamada as a threat, or obstacle, to his plans to seize the throne. In [[1630]], Prasat Thong assassinated Yamada with a dose of poison, and then burned down the ''Nihonmachi'' in order to eliminate any further Japanese threat to his rule.
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==References==
*Cesare Polenghi, ''Samurai of Ayutthaya: Yamada Nagamasa, Japanese warrior and merchant in early seventeenth-century Siam''. Bangkok: White Lotus Press, 2009.
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*''Died: [[1630]]''
Yamada Nagamasa was a leader of the ''[[Nihonmachi]]'' (Japantown) in early 17th century [[Ayutthaya]] (Siam), and of a Japanese contingent of the Siamese royal guard.
Nagamasa led some 700 men (roughly half the Japanese population of the city) in suppressing rebellions and defending the kingdom against [[Burma|Burmese]] invasions, and by 1630 enjoyed high court rank, among other privileges. He served as governor of two provinces, and held a monopoly on managing trade in deerskin and certain other commodities.<ref>Wray, William. “The 17th Century Japanese Diaspora: Questions of Boundary and Policy.” Thirteenth International Economic History Congress, Buenos Aires 2002. Preconference: Corfu, Greece, 21-22 September 2001, 10.</ref> His prominence made him a target, however, for [[Prasat Thong]], who saw Yamada as a threat, or obstacle, to his plans to seize the throne. In [[1630]], Prasat Thong assassinated Yamada with a dose of poison, and then burned down the ''Nihonmachi'' in order to eliminate any further Japanese threat to his rule.
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==References==
*Cesare Polenghi, ''Samurai of Ayutthaya: Yamada Nagamasa, Japanese warrior and merchant in early seventeenth-century Siam''. Bangkok: White Lotus Press, 2009.
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[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
