| In 1914, when the First World War broke out, the foreign situation of the Ottoman Empire, which had being dragged into the Central Powers consisting of Germany and others, grew tense, so Yamada closed his shop in Istanbul and returned to Japan. |
1914年、第一次世界大戦が勃発するとドイツら同盟国側に引き入れられつつあったオスマン帝国の対外情勢は緊迫し、山田はイスタンブルの店を閉鎖して退去し、日本へと帰国した。 |