Vivero - Vivero (English spelling) Rodrigo de Vivero y Aberrucia

Spanish Provisional Governor of the Philippines. Known in Japan as Rodrigo. He was promoted in Mexico and appointed Provisional Governor of the Philippines in 1608. Soon after assuming his post, he notified Japan of the expulsion and repatriation of Japanese who had been arrested for rioting in Manila, and at the same time, he obtained a written response from Tokugawa Ieyasu and Hidetada, requesting restrictions on Japanese ships traveling to Manila. The following year, in 1609 (Keicho 14), on his way back to Mexico, he was shipwrecked on the coast of Iwawada in Kazusa Province (Chiba Prefecture), losing over 50 crew members. He was rescued, met with Ieyasu and Hidetada, and was sent back to Mexico on a Japanese ship led by Tanaka Shosuke (Katsusuke) and others. At Ieyasu's request, he worked hard to start trade between Japan and Mexico. Later, he was made Governor and Commander of Panama in 1620, and Count of Palier de Orizaba in 1627. He wrote about what he saw and heard during his stay in Japan in "The Travels of Don Rodrigo in Japan" (translated by Murakami Naojiro and included in "Foreign Books Series 8").

[Numata Tetsu February 16, 2018]

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スペインのフィリピン臨時総督。日本ではロドリゴの名で知られる。メキシコで累進し、1608年フィリピン臨時総督に任命された。着任早々に、マニラで暴動を起こし捕らえられていた日本人の追放・送還を日本に通知し、同時にマニラ渡航日本船の制限を求めて、徳川家康・秀忠(ひでただ)の答書を得る。翌1609年（慶長14）メキシコに帰航途中、上総(かずさ)国（千葉県）岩和田(いわわだ)海岸で難破、乗組員50余人を失った。彼は救助されて、家康・秀忠に謁し、田中勝介(しょうすけ)（勝助）らの日本船でメキシコに送還された。家康の要請を受け日本とメキシコの貿易開始に尽力。のち1620年パナマ地方長官兼司令官、1627年パリエ・デ・オリサバ伯爵。日本滞在中の見聞を記した『ドン・ロドリゴ日本見聞録』（村上直次郎訳『異国叢書(そうしょ)　8』所収）がある。

［沼田　哲　2018年2月16日］

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