Captain Saris: IN SEARCH OF THE LOST ENGLISH SAMURAI.

From the documentary series "In Search of the Lost English Samurai".

Will Adams has always been presented front and centre, as the first English speaker to reach Japanese shores.

Imagine my surprise then, upon opening an official guidebook, at Kotoku-in temple, the location of the Great Buddha of Kamakura, to read an English language account of the mighty statue, from the same era as Adams was in the region, by another English sailor.

Who was this 'Captain John Saris'? Why was he in Kamakura? Was he an acquaintance of Will Adams? My subsequent investigation revealed a treasure trove of information...

This clip contains clips from, and references to:

"The Voyage of Captain John Saris to Japan, 1613" Available Online:
https://archive.org/details/captainjv...

Also, the extract from Saris' journal, regarding 'Dabis' - The Great Buddha of Kamakura is available at the Great Buddha of Kamakura Temple Bookstore, in the English version of the 'Daibutsu' booklet, from which I read at 0:15 of this clip.

Comedy clip at 2:34 is from the Laurel and Hardy movie 'Men ' O War'.

Janet Jackson clip is from the music video for 'Runaway':
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In Search of the Lost English Samurai Playlist:    • In Search of the Lost English Samurai  

Music; John Dowland - Fortune my Foe.

More about the Great Buddha, and how it inspired Kipling's famous poem can be seen here in this standalone clip, which is not part of this series:    • Poetry Reading From Inside the Great ...