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ITO, JAPAN. 1947-08-15. THE TABLET PRINTED IN ENGLISH THAT LIEUTENANT GENERAL H. C. H. ROBERTSON, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF BCOF, UNVEILED IN HONOUR OF THE MEMORY OF WILLIAM ADAMS WHO WAS THE FIRST ENGLISHMAN TO ARRIVE IN JAPAN OVER 300 YEARS AGO.
ITO, JAPAN. 1947-08-15. LIEUTENANT GENERAL H. C. H. ROBERTSON, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF BCOF, BEING PRESENTED WITH BOUQUETS BY JAPANESE CHILDREN DRESSED IN KIMONOS. LT GEN ROBERTSON WAS TO UNVEIL A TABLET E
ITO, JAPAN. 1947-08-15. SERVICES PERSONNEL AT THE CEREMONY WHERE LIEUTENANT GENERAL H. C. H. ROBERTSON, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, BCOF, UNVEILED A TABLET ERECTED TO HONOUR THE MEMORY OF THE FIRST ENGLISHMAN
ITO, JAPAN. 1947-08-15. TAKEJU KOBAYASHI, GOVERNOR OF SHIZUOKA, GIVING THE OPENING ADDRESS AT THE UNVEILING OF A PLAQUE, ERECTED TO HONOUR THE MEMORY OF THE FIRST ENGLISHMAN, WILLIAM ADAMS, TO SET FOO
ITO, JAPAN. 1947-08-15. ARCHES WERE ERECTED IN THE STREETS FOR THE WILLIAM ADAMS FESTIVAL. THE INSCRIPTION ON THE RIGHT READS "ITO BECOMES A CITY", ON THE LEFT "WILLIAM ADAMS FESTIVAL". WILLIAM ADAMS
ITO, JAPAN. 1947-08-15. LIEUTENANT GENERAL H. C. H. ROBERTSON DELIVERS HIS ADDRESS, TO UNVEIL A TABLET ERECTED TO HONOUR THE MEMORY OF THE FIRST ENGLISHMAN WILLIAM ADAMS TO SET FOOT IN JAPAN. HE IS WE
ITO, JAPAN. 1947-08-15. JAPANESE CHILDREN DRESSED IN KIMONOS READ THE TABLET WHICH RECORDS HOW AN ENGLISHMAN WILLIAM ADAMS CAME TO THEIR COUNTRY OVER 300 YEARS AGO, BUILT SHIPS CALLED THE SAMVENA-BENT
