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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. 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 1,045,351 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Hasekura Tsunenaga is the 18th most popular diplomat (down from 17th in 2019), the 88th most popular biography from Japan (down from 81st 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 18 out of 52. Before him are Madeleine Albright, Lucien Bonaparte, Folke Bernadotte, Mohamed ElBaradei, John R. Bolton, and Alva Myrdal. After him are Chiune Sugihara, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Chaim Herzog, George F. Kennan, Viktor Chernomyrdin, and Megasthenes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1571, Hasekura Tsunenaga ranks 4. Before him are Johannes Kepler, Caravaggio, and Abbas the Great. After him are Michael Praetorius, Emperor Go-Yōzei, Mulla Sadra, Thomas Mun, Frederick de Houtman, 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, Cesare Ripa, Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Bartolomeo Manfredi, John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, Frans Pourbus the Younger, and John Rolfe.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hasekura Tsunenaga ranks 88 out of 6,048. Before him are Tomoe Gozen (1157), Emperor Annei (-577), Dōgen (1200), Akira Toriyama (1955), Empress Go-Sakuramachi (1740), and Syukuro Manabe (1931). After him are Benkei (1155), Chiune Sugihara (1900), Emperor Itoku (-553), Masaru Emoto (1943), Joe Hisaishi (1950), and Fumimaro Konoe (1891).

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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), and Yasushi Akashi (1931).

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