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Hasekura Tsunenaga

1571 - 1622

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Hasekura Rokuemon Tsunenaga (支倉 六右衛門 常長, 1571–1622) 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 include Philip Francis Faxicura, Felipe Francisco Faxicura, and Philippus Franciscus Faxecura Rocuyemon in period European sources, as he took a baptismal name upon converting to Catholicism. In the years 1613 through 1620, Hasekura headed the Keichō Embassy (慶長使節), a diplomatic mission to Pope Paul V. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hasekura Tsunenaga has received more than 1,229,470 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia. Hasekura Tsunenaga is the 20th most popular diplomat (down from 18th in 2019), the 117th most popular biography from Japan (down from 88th in 2019) and the most popular Japanese Diplomat.

Hasekura tsunenaga is most famous for his diplomatic mission to Rome in 1614.

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Among DIPLOMATS

Among diplomats, Hasekura Tsunenaga ranks 20 out of 90. Before him are Folke Bernadotte, John R. Bolton, Chaim Herzog, Mohamed ElBaradei, Alva Myrdal, and Antony Blinken. After him are George F. Kennan, Chiune Sugihara, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Viktor Chernomyrdin, Megasthenes, and Thomas Klestil.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1571, Hasekura Tsunenaga ranks 5. Before him are Johannes Kepler, Caravaggio, Abbas the Great, and Frederick de Houtman. After him are Emperor Go-Yōzei, Michael Praetorius, Thomas Mun, Mulla Sadra, Ferdinand, Prince of Asturias, Willem Blaeu, and Charles, Duke of Guise. Among people deceased in 1622, Hasekura Tsunenaga ranks 4. Before him are Osman II, Francis de Sales, and William Baffin. After him are Petrus Plancius, Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma, Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny, Cesare Ripa, Fidelis of Sigmaringen, John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, Bartolomeo Manfredi, and John Rolfe.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hasekura Tsunenaga ranks 117 out of 6,245. Before him are Fumimaro Konoe (1891), Abe no Seimei (921), Tarō Asō (1940), Emperor Nakamikado (1702), Emperor Nintoku (290), and Emperor Reigen (1654). After him are Chiune Sugihara (1900), Yoichiro Nambu (1921), Emperor Kōan (-427), Akio Morita (1921), Empress Kōjun (1903), and Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (1886).

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Among DIPLOMATS In Japan

Among diplomats born in Japan, Hasekura Tsunenaga ranks 1. After him are Chiune Sugihara (1900), Yukiya Amano (1947), Saburō Kurusu (1886), and Yasushi Akashi (1931).

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