He was appointed several times Nenban-tsushi (interpreter who served every other year) and Edoban-tsushi (interpreter who accompanied Kapitan [curator of the Dutch trading house of Nagasaki] on their every year's visit to Edo). 年番通詞、江戸番通詞(毎年のカピタンの江戸参府に随行)をたびたび勤めた。 |