Talk:Nakahama Manjirō

Was Manjiro first?
uhm I think the designation that Nakahama Manjiro was the first Japanese visitor to America might not quite be clear. Otokichi was said to have landed in 1834 in Washington state. Which would make him technically the first well known visitor. ''In 1805 the Lewis and Clark expedition entered the state on October 10. In 1819 Spain ceded their original claims to this territory to the United States. This began a period of disputed joint-occupancy by Britain and the U.S. that lasted until June 15, 1846 when Britain ceded their claims to this land with the Treaty of Oregon.'' Nakahama Manjiro could be said to have been in 1841, the first Japanese to have started official relations due to a happenstance. sunja 21:10, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * You're right!

Military Studies in Europe
The sentence "In 1879, Majiro studied military science in Europe during the Franco-Prussian War" can't be quite right (and *I* wrote it) since FPW was (according to wikipedia) 1870-1871. Unfortunately I wrote that sentence from information in the Webber book, which I returned to the library. Anybody got better info on that? rewinn 02:59, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Request to add information & link to John Manjiro page
Dear John Manjiro page editors/administrators,

My name is Tracy and I work for The Standard Times website (SouthCoastToday.com). We are the local newspaper for South Coast Massachusetts. The reason why I'm writing is because we have constructed a page on our website in remembrance of John Manjiro. The link to this page is http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=SPECIAL02

We have also written an article on 12/8/06 on how Fairhaven, MA is going to renovate William Whitfield’s home on Cherry Street and turn it into both a bed and breakfast and museum dealing with the Manjiro legacy. I wanted to know if it was ok to add some information from this article to the Wikipedia page? The link to this specific article is http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061208/NEWS/70308147/-1/SPECIAL02

If we cannot submit information on the page for the renovation, can we add our link of SouthCoastToday.com/Manjiro to the External Links section. I think that this page would be very useful for the public to get a more local view of the complete story.

If someone could please get back to me when they have a second, that would be appreciated.

Thank You, --Tracys49 17:40, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Dates
The sentence "In September 1853, Manjirō was summoned to Edo (now known as Tokyo), questioned by the shogunate government, and made a hatamoto (a samurai in direct service to the shogun" isn't quite right... the date is wrong. I don't know what it is, but I know it is wrong because it contridicts the sentence "In July 8,1853, when Commodore Matthew Perry's Black Ships arrived to force the opening of Japan" which I know is right because I read something like that in the book "Shipwrecked!:The true adventures of a Japanese boy" by Rhoda Blumberg. (If you don't believe me you check it out yourself.)

Swamplog (talk) 01:10, 7 April 2011 (UTC)Swamplog