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Takadaya Kahee高田屋嘉兵衛alternative words: Kahee Takadaya, Takadaya Kahei, Kahei Takadaya keywords: famous person , northern territory related topics: Ezochi , Edo period , Matsumae domain , Basho , Golovnin related web sites: http://www.hakodate.ne.jp/fumoto/f_takadaya.html , http://www.marimo.or.jp/~munenobu/rekisi/takadaya/takadaya.htm , http://member.nifty.ne.jp/jf3mxu/hyogotsu/step19.html explanation: Born in Awaji island in 1769 in a poor family. He became the richest merchant of Ainu's land (Ezochi) by opening a route to Etorofu island and was accepted in samuirai clan. Russians captured him as a retaliation of the capture of captain Golovnin, off the coast of Kunashiri island. During his imprisonment on Kamchatka peninsula, he learned Russian language and strove with Golovnin for a reconciliation of the 2 countries after his liberation. He died in 1827. | |