Sanemon Explained

Sanemon (Japanese: 三右衛門|Sanemon; Russian: Санима|Sanima) was a Japanese castaway who drifted ashore in Kamchatka with nine others in 1710. After being immured for a period in the fortress of Verkhne-Kamchatsk, in 1713 he joined Ivan Petrovitch Kozyrevski's expedition to the northern Kuriles. The following year he was sent to Saint Petersburg, where he is said to have become Dembei's assistant at the Japanese language school founded in the city by Peter the Great.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Notes and References

1. Book: Russia and Japan: a Historical Survey . Northeast Asian Study Series 2 . Hirakawa Arata . Terayama Kyosuke . Meetings Between Russia and Japan As Seen in History: Japanese Castaways and the Russian Response . . 1998 . 31, 42.
2. Web site: http://hdl.handle.net/10097/00107533　. ja: 歴史にみるロシアと日本の出会い : 日本の漂流民とロシアの対応 . The Japanese Encounter with Russia : A Historical Survey . Hirakawa Arata . 1998 . . 5 October 2019.
3. Book: The Kurilian Knot: A History of Japanese-Russian Border Negotiations . Kimura Hiroshi . . 2008 . 978-0804758352 . 7.