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Otokichi (Japanese &23665;&26412;&38899;&21513;, Yamamoto Otokichi, later known as John Matthew Ottoson; 1818–1867) was a Japanese castaway during Japan's period of seclusion (sakoku).
Otokichi was buried at the Japanese Cemetery of Singapore.
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The Otokichi Story - A Biography of Otokichi J.M. Ottoson (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.isi.jhu.edu)(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Otokichi was then transferred from Canton to their new operations in Shanghai, where they would have two girls and one boy.
This was Otokichi’s first opportunity to stay in his native land, as he was invited by the Japanese to stay, but still he could not forgive the Japanese government for turning its back on him nineteen years before.
This compilation of Otokichi is recorded by Tei A. Gordon, based on over 86 years combined research and in accordance with the story as told by Mr.
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Otokichi (Japanese 山本 音吉, Yamamoto Otokichi, later known as John Matthew Ottoson; 1818–January 1867) was a Japanese castaway originally from the area of Onoura near Mihama, on the west coast of the Chita Peninsula in Aichi Prefecture.
Once in Macao, Otokichi, Kyukichi and Iwakichi were welcomed by Karl Gutzlaff, a German missionary and Chinese translator for the British Government.
The return of Otokichi's remains to Japan (Japanese language article).
Otokichi, as he appeared in a Japanese sketch made when he came to Japan in 1849 disguised as a Chinese.
Little did Otokichi know that he would never return to his home, though he would visit and live in countries all over the world at a time when Japanese were barred from leaving their homeland, and Japan itself was closed to almost all foreigners.
Otokichi was cremated and his ash was stored at the Japanese Cemetery Colarbarium.
City Office of Hirado will commemorate the arrival of the first British person while Ito City, Shizuoka-ken, will plant the oak in conjunction with the annual William Adams Festival to remember his building in the town the Japan's first western style sailing ship made with local woods.
He is said to be the very first Japanese arrival in Britain.
Mihama-cho in Aichi-ken, Otokichi's birth place, is planting the English oak in an open space near the newly built public library to remind its citizens of the town's connection with Britain.
First, there was Yamamoto Otokichi, whose storm-ravaged ship landed on the Oregon coast in 1834 after drifting across the Pacific Ocean for 14 months.
He was followed several years later by Nakahama Manjiro, another shipwreck survivor who was rescued by an American whaling ship in 1841.
He eventually returned to Japan, where Manjiro's knowledge of Western technology and the English language was put to good use by the rebels who orchestrated the overthrow of the Shogun in the 1860s.
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The Onoura area of Mihama, on the rural west coast of the Chita Peninsula in Aichi Prefecture, is a peaceful spot whose beaches in summer attract both locals and trippers from nearby Nagoya.
Similar claims have continued to this day, even though there has not been a Chinese kenpo master for centuries.
Kenpo came to Hawaii, shortly after the turn of the century, when a Grand Master of Kenpo, Kiyoka Yoshida, was sent to the Islands by her family, to marry Otokichi Mitose.
In 1920 Kiyoka sent her 3 year old son, James Mitose, back to Japan to be raised by her parents.
Genealogy.com: The Otokichi (Muin) Ozaki's of Honolulu, Hawaii
I would like to find out any information of the Ozaki's related to Otokichi my grandpa and maybe you might be a brother or a sister to him and any information that you think might be of any help.
If there is any brothers or sisters or grandchildren or great grandchildren i would really love to know
Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The rare materials collection consists of fragile valuable books, diaries and journals, and videotaped interviews with issei (first generation Japanese.) These materials are stored in a closed collection and usage will be supervised.
Historically valuable items in the collection include the books and diaries of early Japanese immigrants, such as Dr. Igamori, and a fairly comprehensive collection of papers belonging to the Hawai‘i internee Otokichi Okazaki and his family during World War II.
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Perhaps director Kon Ichikawa's most stylistically inventive film, AN ACTOR'S REVENGE was adapted from a newspaper serial written by Otokichi Mikami and stars Kazuo Hasegawa as Yukinojo Nakamura, a celebrated "oyama," or female impersonator, working with the Ichimura kabuki troupe in 1836 Edo.
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During a performance one night, he catches sight of Sansai Dobe (Ganjiro Nakamura), the magistrate who ordered the murder of the actor's father years before.