William Adams, first foreign samurai in Japan

[craftsman]

There's a very accessible book about his life in Japan called 'Samurai William: The Englishman Who Opened Japan' by Giles Milton. It manages to bring the stories alive and reads more like an adventure than a historical novel. And the odd picture or two.

[undrentide]

Just a small correction:
日本橋室町 is Nihonbashi Muromachi
All other 日本橋××町 is Nihonbashi XXcho, but somehow 室町 is pronounced Muromachi.

http://www.iijnet.or.jp/ynp/edo/edo10_02.html
Photo of the stone to mark where the Anjin's house was.

After his death, his son, Miura Anjin, kept his title of samurai. Up to this day, the Miura Anjin Festival is held all day on August 10 in Itō, Shizuoka.

I think Muira Anjin is the Japanese name of William Adams himself.
According to Wikipedia he was married to a Japanese called お雪 and it is said he had a son (Joseph) and a daughter (Susanna).
I don't know whether Joseph also had a Japanese name (though it's very likely he had) and what was the name if he had one...

edit: I found out that his son succeeded the name 三浦按針 after his death.

[Maciamo]

Just a small correction:
日本橋室町 is Nihonbashi Muromachi
All other 日本橋××町 is Nihonbashi XXcho, but somehow 室町 is pronounced Muromachi.

Oops, I admit copying the address from Wikipedia without thinking. I should have known better as I have llived and worked in the Nihombashi area myself. But well it was 1:30am when I wrote that article... I have corrected it on Wikipedia too.

His house is between the Nihombashi and Edobashi bridges, near Mitsukoshi Nihombashi, isn't it ? I have passed near it dozens of times, but as I didn't know about his house I never paid attention.