Oguri Jukichi (小栗重吉, Oguri Jūkichi; 1785–1853) was one of the first Japanese citizens known to have reached present day California. He and his fourteen-man crew, bound for Edo, were sailing off the Japanese coast in 1813 when their ship, the Tokujomaru (督乗丸), was disabled in a storm.
Oguri Jukichi (小栗重吉, Oguri Jūkichi; 1785–1853) was one of the first Japanese citizens known to have reached present day California. He and his fourteen-man crew, bound for Edo, were sailing off the Japanese coast in 1813 when their ship, the Tokujomaru (督乗丸), was disabled in a storm.
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