Numerous merchants supplied goods and catering, and about 150 interpreters (通詞, tsūji) served. They all had to be paid by the VOC. As the city of Nagasaki...

learned English from Aniya Seiho (安仁屋 政輔). He was then appointed Ikoku Tsūji (異国通詞, the diplomat towards Western countries) in 1844. 『沖縄大百科事典』、沖縄タイムス、1983年 v...