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Tango01  | 27 Mar 2025 5:20 p.m. PST |
…Isolationist Era
"When 14-year-old Manjiro set off on a fishing excursion on January 5, 1841, he and his four companions packed only light provisions—rice, fresh water and firewood—in their small boat, expecting to return home to southern Japan in a few days. Manjiro's widowed mother, Shiho, relied on him to help support the family.
But unforgiving weather can quickly dispatch with travelers' plans, and that day, the sea turned against Manjiro and his friends. They were blown off course by winds that smashed their sails, split their rudder and snatched their oars, leaving them adrift and unable to navigate. "Their provisions exhausted, they were unbearably hungry and thirsty," an official account later reported. "They felt hopeless."…#
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