森山栄之助
1. Moriyama EinosukeMoriyama Einosuke was a samurai during the Tokugawa Shogunate, and an interpreter of Dutch and English. He studied English under Ranald MacDonald, and as “Chief Dutch Interpreter” was one of the chief men involved in the negotiations with Commodore Perry in regard to the opening of Japan to the outside world. Samuel Wells Williams, a member of Perry's second visit noted in 1854: “ A new and superior interpreter came with Saborosuke, named Moriyama Yenosuke [... ...
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