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    The first Japanese Spy to the United States (1860)

    The first Japanese Embassy to the United States in 1860 was composed or three men:

    Ambassador Shinmi Masaoki ()

    Vice-Ambassador Muragaki Norimasa ()

    Observer Oguri Tadamasa ()

    Of these three men, we know that Muragaki came from a family of Iga ninja and served the Shogun in
    Edo in the Oniwaban (), the Shoguns personal group of undercover agents established by the 8th
    Tokugawa shogun, Tokugawa Yoshimune (16841751). They are the direct descendants of the Iga and
    Koga ninja.

    Here is what we know about Muragaki for fact. He was born in Edo in 1813 in the area called Tsukiji. In
    1831, he became a member of the Oniwaban and served on the unit known as Kojunin Kakuteiban(
    ). Later in 1854 he was selected to become a case reviewer for the innermost secret missions
    of the Oniwaban. He was well trusted and had access to the Shoguns ear.

    In 1860, he travelled to the USA with the Japanese Ambassador Shinmi Masaoki as the Vice-
    Ambassador. Their mission was to sign the new Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and
    Navigation between the United States and Japan. It was also Japans first diplomatic mission to
    the United States since the 1854 opening of Japan by Commodore Matthew Perry.

    But the Bakufu had a hidden agenda in mind. The mission was also the Bakufu s first dispatch
    of a modern Japanese warship. It accompanied the party across the Pacific Ocean and showed the
    Americans how far Japan had come in mastering western style navigation techniques and ship
    technologies only a few years after ending its nearly 250-year isolation policy. The Bakufu
    wanted to show the west their incredible ability to modernize in the arts and industry of war.

    If you are interested in reading what Muragaki had to say in Japanese about his mission to the
    United States and the hidden agenda he protected, here is a link to his writings online.

    https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015064539672;view=1up;seq=1

    If you would like to know more about Muragaki Norimasa and his role in the Oniwaban please
    check out this link (in Japanese)

    http://izayatodo.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-46.html

    For more information in English on the Oniwaban..

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oniwaban_(spy)
    For even more Oniwaban information (in Japanesea)

    https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BE%A1%E5%BA%AD%E7%95%AA

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