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Hasekura Tsunenaga

1571 - 1622

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Hasekura Rokuemon Tsunenaga (支倉 六右衛門 常長; 1571–1622) was a kirishitan Japanese samurai and retainer of Date Masamune, the daimyō of Sendai. He was of Japanese imperial descent with ancestral ties to Emperor Kanmu. Other names include Philip Francis Faxicura, Felipe Francisco Faxicura, and Philippus Franciscus Faxecura Rocuyemon in period European sources, as he took a baptismal name upon converting to Catholicism. In the years 1613 through 1620, Hasekura headed the Keichō Embassy (慶長使節), a diplomatic mission to Pope Paul V. He visited New Spain and various other ports-of-call in Europe on the way. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hasekura Tsunenaga is the 23rd most popular diplomat (down from 20th in 2019), the 113th most popular biography from Japan (up from 117th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Japanese Diplomat.

Hasekura tsunenaga is most famous for his diplomatic mission to Rome in 1614.

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Among DIPLOMATS

Among diplomats, Hasekura Tsunenaga ranks 23 out of 90. Before him are Lucien Bonaparte, Alva Myrdal, Folke Bernadotte, Jean Kennedy Smith, Chaim Herzog, and Chiune Sugihara. After him are Viktor Chernomyrdin, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, George F. Kennan, William J. Burns, Alfonso García Robles, and Megasthenes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1571, Hasekura Tsunenaga ranks 4. Before him are Johannes Kepler, Caravaggio, and Abbas the Great. After him are Emperor Go-Yōzei, Michael Praetorius, Mulla Sadra, Frederick de Houtman, Thomas Mun, Willem Blaeu, Ferdinand, Prince of Asturias, and Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, 2nd Count of Bucquoy. Among people deceased in 1622, Hasekura Tsunenaga ranks 4. Before him are Osman II, Francis de Sales, and William Baffin. After him are John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, Petrus Plancius, Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma, Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny, Cesare Ripa, Bartolomeo Manfredi, and Charles Philip, Duke of Södermanland.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hasekura Tsunenaga ranks 113 out of 6,245. Before him are Emperor Nakamikado (1702), Leo Esaki (1925), Shigeru Ishiba (1957), Emperor Higashiyama (1675), Tameo Ide (1908), and Chiune Sugihara (1900). After him are Joan Fontaine (1917), Yasuo Fukuda (1936), Benkei (1155), Prince Shōtoku (574), Eisaku Satō (1901), and Emperor Nintoku (290).

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Among DIPLOMATS In Japan

Among diplomats born in Japan, Hasekura Tsunenaga ranks 2. Before him are Chiune Sugihara (1900). After him are Yukiya Amano (1947), Saburō Kurusu (1886), and Yasushi Akashi (1931).

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