山田寅次郎の軌跡 : 日本・トルコ関係史の一側面
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Yamada Torajiro must never be forgotten as one of the Japanese people who established the initial stage of development and the foundation of Japanese-Turkish relations. However, today in Japan, who knows Yamada Torajiro? Yamada's association with Turkey began with Abdulhamid II's dispatch of the frigate Ertugrul with a crew of more than 600 to Japan in 1889 in order to promote friendly relations between Turkey and Japan. The aim of this article is to make clear some aspects of Japanese-Turkish relations through Yamada's activities. The Ertugrul arrived in Yokohama on 7 June, 1890. After about three months stay, having various receptions and meetings, the Ertugrul finally set out on its return journey on 14 September. But, caught in a violent typhoon, the Ertugrul was dashed against the rocks and sank near the village of Ojima in the Prefecture of Wakayama at midnight on 16 September. Only 69 of more than 600 crew members drifted ashore and were rescued by the fishing villagers. Later, the Japanese government sent back survivors to Turkey by frigates the Hiei and Kongo. The news of this tragic accident gave very sad feelings to Yamada as well as most Japanese people. With the support of the Japanese press world and other circles, a very substantial sum of 5,000 Yen (it would be equivalent to 100 million Yen in current values) was collected as a token of sympathy to the families of thoes who had lost their lives. Yamada decided to go to Turkey bringing this donation himself. Arriving in Istanbul on 4 April 1892,Yamada handed it to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Said Pasa. In this way, the purpose of Yamada was attained successfully. After a few days, Yamada had the honour of meeting Abdulhamid II, and was requested to teach the Japanese language to a group of military cadets, and to make a list of Oriental crafts stored at the Topkp_1 Saray_1 Museum. Later, Yamada became a partner in the first Japanese souvenir shop with Nakamura Eiichi. During his period of stay in Istanbul, Yamada acted, in effect, as a sort of honorary consul offering various assistance such as interpretation, arranging appointments with Turkish government offcials, and sightseeing, etc. for Japanese visitors to Istanbul. At the time of the Russian-Japanese War, on the instruction of Makino Nobuaki, the Japanese Ambassador in Vienna, Yamada watched the passage of the Black Sea Squadron of the Russian fleet through the Bosphorus and submitted a report to him. Yamada stayed in Istanbul for about twenty two years until 1914,when the First World War took place. After return to Japan, Yamada worked to strengthen closer relations between the two countries as one of the founders of the Japanese Turkish Trade Association (Osaka), and was engaged in trades. At the same time, Yamada gave information to Japanese people about Turkey and Turks through his book Toruko Gakan (Illustrated Scenes of Turkey) and some articles. Throughout the whole ninety-one years of his life (1866-1957), Yamada devoted himself to strengthening and deepening the friendship between Japan and Turkey. In these relations lasting more than hundred years, Yamada's great contributions must be recorded and highly esteemed.
- 1996-12-26
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