Otokichi
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, also known as and later known as John Matthew Ottoson (1818 – January 1867), was a Japanese castaway originally from the area of Onoura near modern-day Mihama, on the west coast of the Chita Peninsula in Aichi Prefecture.
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- Born
- 1891
- Died
- 1944
- Works
- 6
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- Katakiuchi nichigetsu sōshi
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- Kakei
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5 total works indexed
- The Formation and Crystalline Nature of Boron Nitride in the Reaction of Boron Oxide with Sodium Amide
· 1962 · cited 8x
- Studies on Chemo-therapeutics for <i>Micobacterium tuberculosis</i>. XIV
· 1962 · cited 5x
- High mobility of (111)-oriented large-domain (&gt;100 <i>μ</i>m) poly-InSb on glass by rapid-thermal crystallization of sputter-deposited films
· 2022 · cited 1x
- Studies on Chemotherapeuties for <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i>. XV
· 1963 · cited 1x
- Über die Zustandsänderung des auf Glas niedergelegten Silberspiegels bei der Erhitzung
· 1927 · cited 1x
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- Person.name
- Otokichi
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- Otokichi.jpg
- Person.image_size
- 150px
- Person.caption
- Japanese drawing of Otokichi in 1849, as he visited Japan passing for a Chinese man.
- Person.birth_date
- 1818
- Person.birth_place
- Mihama, Aichi Prefecture, Tokugawa shogunate
- Person.death_place
- Singapore
- Person.restingplace
- Japanese Cemetery Park, Hougang, Singapore
- Person.other_names
- John Matthew Ottoson
- Person.citizenship
- British
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- Otokichi.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1817-00-00
- date of death
- 1867-01-18
- name in native language
- 音吉
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- Travel to Europe
- Macau and attempt to return to Japan
- New life abroad
- Return to Japan
- In popular culture
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, also known as and later known as John Matthew Ottoson (1818 – January 1867), was a Japanese castaway originally from the area of Onoura near modern-day Mihama, on the west coast of the Chita Peninsula in Aichi Prefecture.
==Biography== Otokichi was from Mihama, Aichi Prefecture. In 1832, at age 14, he served as a crew member on a rice transport ship bound for Edo, the Hojunmaru (宝順丸), in length with a cargo of 150 tons and a crew of 14. The ship left on October 11, 1832, but was caught in a storm and blown off-course far out in the Pacific Ocean.
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