The Journal of the Siam Society Vol. XXIX, Part 1-2, 1936 - Khamkoo
The Journal of the Siam Society Vol. XXIX, Part 1-2, 1936 - Khamkoo
The Journal of the Siam Society Vol. XXIX, Part 1-2, 1936 - Khamkoo
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172 H.IWIEIYH Uli llt>l>KH [vnL. <strong>XXIX</strong><br />
tiuw SitLm wrtH <strong>the</strong> centre <strong>of</strong> trnfllc butwuen <strong>the</strong> Oriunt ltlld Em·ope<br />
aud moreover was tho locnJ centre <strong>of</strong> BnddhiHm,<br />
Iu Section II., I tried to cle~:~crihe <strong>the</strong> geueral poHitiou oi <strong>the</strong> SitLilH.:Hll<br />
cttpital at <strong>the</strong> tillle <strong>of</strong> thi~:~ J;tpauese aeti vity; ancl iu Section III., I<br />
cleciclecl that <strong>the</strong> Jnpane~:~e first resideuee began hom <strong>the</strong> eml <strong>of</strong>· tlw<br />
Tcnsho period (1573-1591 A. C.). In Section IV.," JtLpanese HeHidenec<br />
and Colony," I tl'iecl to correct exaggerated idetLS Huch t1H that <strong>the</strong><br />
Japane:,;e residents in <strong>Siam</strong> u,t this time were over H,OOO, which I lutcl<br />
Been in several old works by J11panese authors. All <strong>the</strong> ttbove sections<br />
were written after careful study tmcl comparing <strong>the</strong> \I'OJ:ks <strong>of</strong> Jttpane:'lu<br />
[LS well n,s Buropean lLuthors. <strong>The</strong>n in Section V., "<strong>The</strong> l'CI11:\0ll<br />
oJ: <strong>the</strong> decline <strong>of</strong> .htpanec;e l'Gi:lidence," I explaim~d that <strong>the</strong> chief<br />
reasons <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> decline were <strong>the</strong> brutality <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Japanese eolonists,<br />
who were alnwst defeated mtn·iors in <strong>the</strong> War <strong>of</strong> Ohsaka betweeu<br />
<strong>the</strong> 'l'okugawa n.ud <strong>the</strong> 'L'oyotomi, ~tnd <strong>the</strong> couunereittl rivalry <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> Hollaudm·s. I denied that <strong>the</strong> rmtiorml isolation poliey tttkell<br />
by <strong>the</strong> 'l'olmgn.wa Govenmwut WILl:\ tm important rea~:~on oJ: this<br />
Llecliue, though it was tile chief cu,u~:~e <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> cl!Jl'Iinu oi thu ,Jupu,uesu<br />
colony in o<strong>the</strong>r rmrt,s <strong>of</strong> tho Bouth Sons. Ill Section VI.,<br />
"Names and eutm·prises <strong>of</strong> Japttue::-;e," I tried to l!lake cle11r <strong>the</strong><br />
U!Ltne~> ancl <strong>the</strong> uuterprisos <strong>of</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r~:~ than Yamttda Nttgamastt, <strong>the</strong><br />
well-known Chief <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> .Ltptwuse colony at a certttin titne; but<br />
it is n,lmost impoKRible to a~>eertu,iu more than twunty well-known<br />
persons. Section VII. is <strong>the</strong> exphLrmtion <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> "Description <strong>of</strong> tlw<br />
tmf-fic roacffrom <strong>Siam</strong> to Japan," whielt i::-; n record clone hy a Jap11Hese<br />
navigator in <strong>the</strong> period <strong>of</strong> Gcnwa (1615-1028), and I thought<br />
tlmt many Jttpanese authors made many mi~:~take~:~ in explmmtiun <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> this .Record, caused chietly by <strong>the</strong>ir iuditl'ermtce to <strong>the</strong> geogmpby<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Siam</strong>, und <strong>the</strong> names <strong>of</strong> port::; in that and neighbouring conntrie~>.<br />
I tried and was able to 1nake clear <strong>the</strong> above from <strong>the</strong> various record:;<br />
ttnd documents <strong>of</strong> tho British ttnd Duteh Enst Indies cornpanie~:~. In<br />
Section VIII., I explained <strong>the</strong> tra!Hc and <strong>the</strong> names <strong>of</strong> places along<br />
<strong>the</strong> River Mennm and succeeded in correctiug <strong>the</strong> mistakes <strong>of</strong> mauy<br />
Japanese authors by study <strong>of</strong> <strong>Siam</strong>ese and Europet.tn documents.<br />
ChapterVII. deals with "Yarmultt N11gamasa, <strong>the</strong> mo~:~t well-known<br />
lettder <strong>of</strong> Japanese colonists"; and this is snh-dividecl into 11. sectiolJR,<br />
lutrnely: Iutrocluetion, Records regarding Nagawasa, NagatrH1sa's<br />
growth and hiR crossing <strong>the</strong> sea to <strong>Siam</strong>, Nagmnasa's tlrst rise ilt <strong>the</strong><br />
world, Revolution in <strong>Siam</strong> and Nu,gamasa's position, Oya Calahoih's