Richard Cocks was the head of the British East India Company trading post in Hirado, Japan, between 1613 and 1623, from its creation, and lasting to its closure due to bankruptcy. During his time in Japan, he wrote very detailed diaries, relating the history of the factory, the situation of Japan at the time, and the activities of English merchants in Japan, among whom was also the English pilot and samurai, retainer to Tokugawa Ieyasu, William Adams.

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  • Richard Cocks was the head of the British East India Company trading post in Hirado, Japan, between 1613 and 1623, from its creation, and lasting to its closure due to bankruptcy. During his time in Japan, he wrote very detailed diaries, relating the history of the factory, the situation of Japan at the time, and the activities of English merchants in Japan, among whom was also the English pilot and samurai, retainer to Tokugawa Ieyasu, William Adams.
  • リチャード・コックス（Richard Cocks、1566年1月-1624年）は、ステュアート朝イングランド（イギリス）の貿易商人。スタフォードシャー州・ストールブロックの人。江戸時代初期に日本の平戸にあったイギリス商館長（カピタン）を務めた。在任中に記した詳細な公務日記「イギリス商館長日記」（Diary kept by the Head of the English Factory in Japan: Diary of Richard Cocks, 1615-1622）は、イギリスの東アジア貿易の実態や日本国内の様々な史実を伝える一級の史料である。
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  • Richard Cocks was the head of the British East India Company trading post in Hirado, Japan, between 1613 and 1623, from its creation, and lasting to its closure due to bankruptcy. During his time in Japan, he wrote very detailed diaries, relating the history of the factory, the situation of Japan at the time, and the activities of English merchants in Japan, among whom was also the English pilot and samurai, retainer to Tokugawa Ieyasu, William Adams.
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  • Richard Cocks
  • リチャード・コックス
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