The First Japanese Embassy to Europe was sent to Europe by the Tokugawa shogunate in 1862. The head of the mission was Takenouchi Yasunori, governor of Shimotsuke Province. The head of the mission sta
The members of the Japanese Embassy visiting the 1862 International Exhibition in London, from the Illustrated London News.
Members of the embassy in Utrecht. The second is Fukuzawa Yukichi from the left.
Hasekura Tsunenaga
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Hasekura Rokuemon Tsunenaga 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
First Japanese Embassy to Europe (1862)
…Despite the name, it is more accurately the third Japanese embassy to Europe, being preceded by the Tenshō embassy (1582–1590) and the expedition led by Hasekura Tsunenaga between 1613 and 1620. Leaving Shinagawa, Tokyo on 21 January 1862, the mission was sent in order to learn about Western civilization, ratify treaties…
Hasekura portrayed during his mission in Rome by Archita Ricci, 1615
Itinerary and dates of the travels of Hasekura Tsunenaga
Hasekura's coat of arms in contemporary depictions
The Japanese ship San Buenaventura was built on the model of Liefde (depicted here), the ship on which William Adams originally reached Japan.[additional citation(s) needed]