Naitō Yukiyasu

Memorial to Naitō Yukiyasu

In this Japanese name, the family name is "Naitō".

Naitō Yukiyasu or Naitō Joan (内藤 如安^?, died 1626)^[1] was a Japanese samurai, son of Naitō Genzaemon. He was baptised in 1564 and was banished to Manila by Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1614. He was also known as Naitō Tadatoshi (内藤 忠俊^?)^[2]

References

1. ^ Frédéric, Louis (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 687. ISBN 0674017536. http://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA687&dq=%22Naito+Yukiyasu%22+joan&hl=en#v=onepage&q=%22Naito%20Yukiyasu%22%20joan&f=false. "Naito Yukiyasu returned to Japan and converted to Christianity in 1,604, taking the first name Joan." 
2. ^ Hawley, Samuel Jay (2005). The Imjin War: Japan's sixteenth-century invasion of Korea and attempt to conquer China. Royal Asiatic Society, Korea Branch. p. 369. ISBN 8995442425. http://books.google.com/books?ei=GtTpTKH-AYukugPk0pzCCA&ct=result&id=XentAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA369&dq=tadatoshi&q=tadatoshi. "Tadatoshi, otherwise known as Joan, "Joan," the Portuguese version of "John," being the Christian name he had been given at his baptism thirty years before." 

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Name	Naito, Yukiyasu
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Short description	Samurai who converted to Christianity
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Date of death	1626
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