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Samurai William: The Englishman Who Opened Japan YA_Gift_Guide radiant colors and simple yetAn eye opening account of the first encounter between England and Japan, by the acclaimed author of Nathaniel's Nutmeg. In 1611, the merchants of London's East India Company received a mysterious letter from Japan, written several years previously by a marooned English mariner named William Adams. Foreigners had been denied access to Japan for centuries, yet Adams had been living in this unknown land for years. He had risen to the highest levels in