Encounter
The morning of the 19th of April 1600 :
Scene of the first encounter with the Dutch.
The Dutch sailing ship "De Liefde" is cast ashore in Usuki, and
crewmembers (from center to left) Jan Joosten, William Adams and captain
Jacob Quaeckernaeck are kindly received by the people of Sashiu.
Drawn by Nobuyuki Tamada
member of the Nikakai Design Department
April 2000
「ウィリアム・アダムズ像」
日本名 : 三浦 按針
Statue of William Adams
Japanese name : Miura Anjin
「ウィリアム・アダムズ」(1564年~1620年)
イギリス、ロンドン近郊ジリンガム生まれ、造船・航海術・天文学を学び、24歳の時航海士兼船長の資格を取得。リーフデ号の航海士として1600年に佐志生へ漂着した。その後、徳川家康の外交顧問として活躍し、名前も「三浦按針」と改め生涯を日本で過ごした。
1986年11月 按針会
William Adams (1564~1620) was born in Gillingham, near London, England. He studied shipbuilding, navigation and astrology, and at age 24, he obtained a navigator's and a captain's license. He was cast ashore in 1600 in Sashiu (Japan) with 'De Liefde'. the Dutch ship he was navigating. After that, he was actine as a diplomatic advisor of shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu and continued living in Japan under the name of Miura Anjin.
November 1986, Anjin Association
「ヤン・ヨーステン像」
工藤 忠義 作
Statue of Jan Joosten
Made by Tadayoshi Kudo
「ヤン・ヨーステン」(1560年~1628年?)
オランダ、デルフトの名家に生まれ、リーフデ号にてウィリアム・アダムズらと共に佐志生に漂着した。その後、日本に留まり家康の顧問を務め、オランダ商館設立に力を尽くし、オランダと日本の歴史的関係の礎を築いた。 寄贈 創立10周年記念
臼杵中央ロータリークラブ
2000年3月
Jan Joosten (1560~1628?)
was born in a distinguished family in Delft, the Netherlands.
Also on board the 'De Liefde', he was cast ashore in Sashiu at the same time as William Adams. Being employed as an advisor of Ieyasu, he stayed in Japan where he made great efforts to set up a Dutch trading house and laid the foundations of the historic relationship between the Netherlands and Japan.
Donated on the occasion of 10th anniversary
of the foundation of the Usuki Chuou Rotary Club
March 2000
Erasmus (1469~1536) was born in Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
He was poor, but received education at a theological
school and studied in France, England, Germany and Italy. He published
many works such as 'The Praise of Folly' and became one of Europe's best
known humanists of the Middle Ages.
"The statue of Erasmus" was set up at the stern of 'De Liefde'
as a guardian angel.