who is hasekura tsunenaga?
He was a kirishitan Japanese samurai and retainer of Date Masamune.
Hasekura Tsunenaga
Hasekura Rokuemon Tsunenaga (or Philip Francis Faxicura, baptized as Francisco Felipe Faxicura, in Spain, also spelled Faxecura Rocuyemon in period European sources, reflecting the contemporary pronunciation of Japanese; ; 1571–1622) was a kirishitan Japanese samurai and retainer of Date Masamune
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Hasekura Tsunenaga [SEP] Introduction
Hasekura Rokuemon Tsunenaga (or Philip Francis Faxicura, baptized as Francisco Felipe Faxicura, in Spain, also spelled Faxecura Rocuyemon in period European sources, reflecting the contemporary pronunciation of Japanese; ; 1571–1622) was a kirishitan Japanese samurai and retainer of Date Masamune, the "daimyō" of Sendai of Japanese imperial descent with ancestral ties to Emperor Kanmu. In the years 1613 through 1620, Hasekura headed a diplomatic mission to Pope Paul V. Crossing the Pacific aboard the San Juan Bautista, a ship built for the purpose by Masamune, Hasekura transited New Spain (arriving in Acapulco and departing from Veracruz) and visited Spain and various other ports-of-call in Europe on the way.