Who is yamada nagamasa

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The Japanese colony was very active in trade. The most important export to Japan were deer hides. In return, Japan exported silver and highly valuable handicrafts like swords, high quality paper products and lacquer boxes. Nagamasa supposedly carried on business as a privateer from the period of about He was said to have attacked and plundered Dutch ships in and around Batavia now Jakarta.

After more than 12 years in Ayutthaya, Nagamasa went to Japan in on a trade mission. He sold a cargo of Siamese deer hide in Nagasaki. He remained in Japan until He departed with the simple status of a foreign ship without an official trading license. The Japanese colony also offered valuable military services to Ayutthaya. The King organised a group of Japanese military volunteers. Nagamasa supported the military campaigns of King Songtham as the head of a Japanese army. In , his ships were carrying rice from Ayutthaya to Malacca.

Nagamasa was arrested by a Dutch warship blockading the city on one journey, but once his identity became known he was immediately released. The Dutch knew Nagamasa was held in great respect by the King of Ayutthaya. They did not want to spark a diplomatic conflict. He was also a supplier of deer hide to the Dutch. They sought more of his trade. King Songtham died in late Thus, in January , Nagamasa set sail southbound onboard a shogunal sponsored ship carrying a group of adventurers and a cargo of goods to be sold for profit in Siam.

The vessel took ten weeks to reach its destination, but along the way, it had stopped at various ports. Once in Siam, Nagamasa realized that the key to his success lay in quickly mastering the Siamaese language. At the same time, he made several valuable connections with men of different nationalities. He thus entered in the deerskin trade as a middleman and, soon enough, he started building up his wealth and fame. But being a mere merchant was not enough for Nagamasa.

He enrolled in a campaign aimed to curb the Burmese invasions that were in that period regularly ongoing in the northern part of the Siamese kingdom. Nagamasa did well in battle and, upon his return to the capital, King Som Tham invited him to his palace to reward him for his courage and loyalty. A few years later, when Kii Kyuemon returned for good to Japan, Nagamasa became the next leader of the now thriving Baan Ippun , the Japanese community in Ayutthaya.

In , King Song Tham gradually grew sick and ultimately passed away. On his deathbed, he entrusted his reign to a 10 years old boy who, until he reached maturity, was to be aided by two regents. One of them was Yamada Nagamasa and the other Kalahom, a nephew of royal blood. Although Kalahom was not favoured by the court, he managed to stay in power by annihilating all his opponents. The young monarch died in and Kalahom seized this opportunity to become the new ruler of Siam.