The Sendai Keris
Hasekura Tsunenaga was a Japanese samurai and diplomat who was born in 1571 and died in 1622.
He undertook diplomatic missions to the Americas, Europe, and the Philippine Islands.
He returned from his mission the the Philippines in 1620, and amongst the things he brought with him was a keris from the Indies, that is, Indonesia.
That keris can now be found in the Sendai City Museum in Japan.
Here is a picture of the keris brought to Japan in 1620 by Hasekura Tsunenaga.
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