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This is a fantasy drawing of William Adams from a British booklet called 'William Adams: The Pilot Major of Gillingham, the First Englishman who Discovered Japan, (published by Gillingham: Mackays, 1934).' According to the scholarly paper William Adams and Early Enterprise in Japan:

Some in England were embarrassed that no similar monument to Adams existed in his native land and after years of lobbying a memorial clock was erected in Gillingham in honour of a native son who, according to the booklet produced for the dedication ceremony in 1934, a time of Anglo-Japanese alienation, had “discovered” Japan. Like the inscription at the anjin-tsuka, the booklet is a product of fantasy and hyperbole, only much more so. […] The booklet also contains a drawing of Adams, pure invention as no contemporary image of him exists, depicting him standing on a ship's deck, chart in right hand, left hand resting on sword, gazing resolutely towards the unknown horizon.
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13:48, 11 June 2005 PHG (Drawing of <a href="/wiki/William_Adams" title="William Adams">William Adams</a>. {{PD-Art}})

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12:47, 19 August 2005Thumbnail for version as of 12:47, 19 August 2005274 × 419 (19 KB)RobbotThis image was copied from wikipedia:en. The original description was: Woodblock print of William Adams. {{PD-art}} {| border="1" ! date/time || username || edit summary |---- | 00:03, 12 June 2005 || PHG || <nowiki></nowiki> |---- | 13:48, 11 June
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