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The ''Lady Pierce'' was an American merchant vessel, captained by a Mr. Burrows, which escorted castaways to Japan and made port at [[Koshiba]], [[Uraga]], and [[Shimoda]] in [[1854]].

The ''Lady Pierce'' was an American merchant vessel, captained by a Mr. Burrows, which escorted castaways to Japan and made port at [[Koshiba]], [[Uraga]], and [[Shimoda]] in [[1854]].

The ship first appeared in Japan on 1854/6/17, when it entered a harbor near Koshiba ([[Musashi province]]) and dropped off a castaway named Yûnosuke. It then sailed to Uraga, but was informed by ''[[Uraga bugyo|Uraga bugyô]]'' [[Matsudaira Nobutake]] to go to Shimoda instead.

The ship first appeared in Japan on 1854/6/17, when it entered a harbor near Koshiba ([[Musashi province]]) and dropped off a castaway named Yûnosuke. It then sailed to Uraga, but was informed by ''[[Uraga bugyo|Uraga bugyô]]'' [[Matsudaira Nobutake]] to go to Shimoda instead. Upon arriving at Shimoda, however, the crew found that weather conditions prevented them from entering the harbor, and so they returned to Uraga. The ''bugyô'' then assigned them a Japanese pilot and had them return to Shimoda once again; they successfully entered Shimoda harbor on 6/26.

 

Captain Burrows met with ''Shimoda bugyô shihai kumigashira'' [[Isa Shinjiro|Isa Shinjirô]] at the Buddhist temple [[Ryosen-ji|Ryôsen-ji]]; in gratitude for repatriating the castaway Yûnosuke, Isa gifted Burrows a number of native Japanese seeds. The ''Lady Pierce'' then departed Japan at the end of that month.

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==References==

==References==

*Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 615, 617.

*Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937), 615, 617, 618, 620.

[[Category:Ships]]

[[Category:Ships]]

[[Category:Bakumatsu]]

[[Category:Bakumatsu]]