In today's video, we explore the story of a Japanese Samurai who visited Angkor Wat in 1631-1632, the history of Japanese Nihonmachi in Cambodia, and the diplomatic ties between the Shogun and the King of Cambodia in the early seventeenth century. I hope you enjoy the video, thanks for visiting!

Also, I've decided to start sharing my sources incase you are interested in any further readings or want to know where I get my information. I realized I should have started doing it sooner. Unfortunately, not all sources are publicly available on the web.

Sources:

For information about Japanese mercenaries:

Adam Clulow, "'Great Help from Japan': The Dutch East India Company's Experiment with Japanese Soldiers," in The Dutch and English East Indian Companies (2018)

For information about Japanese diplomacy during the Shuinjo:

Adam Clulow, "Like Lambs in Japan and Devils Outside Their Land: Diplomacy, Violence, and Japanese Merchants in Southeast Asia," Journal of World History (2013).

For correspondences between the Japanese Shogun and King of Cambodia:

Takako Kitagawa and Makoto Okamoto, "Correspondence between Cambodia and Japan in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries" (2015)
https://toyo-bunko.repo.nii.ac.jp/?ac...

For information on the Japanese presence in Angkor Wat:

Yoshiaki Ishizawa, "The World's Oldest Plan of Angkor Vat: The Japanese So-Called Jetavana, An Illustrated Plan of the Seventeenth Century" (2015)

Abdoul-Carime Nasir, "Au-dela du plan Japonais du XVII siecle d'Angkor Vat"