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ArticleScientific reports2020

A biomolecular anthropological investigation of William Adams, the first SAMURAI from England.

Fuzuki Mizuno, Koji Ishiya, Masami Matsushita, Takayuki Matsushita, Katherine Hampson, Michiko Hayashi, Fuyuki Tokanai, Kunihiko Kurosaki, Shintaroh Ueda

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Fuzuki MizunoDepartment of Legal Medicine, Toho University School of Medicine, 5-21-16, Omori-Nishi, Ota-ku, Tokyo, 143-8540, Japan. fuzuki.mizuno@med.toho-u.ac.jp.
Koji IshiyaBioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Sapporo, 062-8517, Japan.
Masami MatsushitaThe Organization of Anthropological Research, Yamaguchi, 759-6604, Japan.
Takayuki MatsushitaThe Organization of Anthropological Research, Yamaguchi, 759-6604, Japan.
Katherine HampsonDepartment of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.
Michiko HayashiDepartment of Legal Medicine, Toho University School of Medicine, 5-21-16, Omori-Nishi, Ota-ku, Tokyo, 143-8540, Japan.
Fuyuki TokanaiCenter for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Yamagata University, Kaminoyama, 999-3101, Japan.
Kunihiko KurosakiDepartment of Legal Medicine, Toho University School of Medicine, 5-21-16, Omori-Nishi, Ota-ku, Tokyo, 143-8540, Japan. kurosaki@med.toho-u.ac.jp.
Shintaroh UedaDepartment of Legal Medicine, Toho University School of Medicine, 5-21-16, Omori-Nishi, Ota-ku, Tokyo, 143-8540, Japan.

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Abstract

William Adams (Miura Anjin) was an English navigator who sailed with a Dutch trading fleet to the far East and landed in Japan in 1600. He became a vassal under the Shogun, Tokugawa Ieyasu, was bestowed with a title, lands and swords, and became the first SAMURAI from England. "Miura" comes from the name of the territory given to him and "Anjin" means "pilot". He lived out the rest of his life in Japan and died in Hirado, Nagasaki Prefecture, in 1620, where he was reportedly laid to rest. Shortly after his death, graveyards designated for foreigners were destroyed during a period of Christian repression, but Miura Anjin's bones were supposedly taken, protected, and reburied. Archaeological investigations in 1931 uncovered human skeletal remains and it was proposed that they were those of Miura Anjin. However, this could not be confirmed from the evidence at the time and the remains were reburied. In 2017, excavations found skeletal remains matching the description of those reinterred in 1931. We analyzed these remains from various aspects, including genetic background, dietary habits, and burial style, utilizing modern scientific techniques to investigate whether they do indeed belong to the first English SAMURAI.

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