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Hendrick Conrad Joannes Heusken (January 20, 1832 – January 15, 1861) was a Dutch American interpreter for the first American consulate in Japan, established at Gyokusen-ji in Shimoda, Shizuoka in the late Bakumatsu period.
- Interpreter
- Dutch-American
- January 15, 1861 (aged 28), Edo, Japan
2 de abr. de 2013 · The murder of Henry Heusken took place at Nakanohashi in Azabu-Juban, a stone's throw from Ichinohashi, where his assassin was also killed.
Hendrick Conrad Joannes Heusken (20 de enero de 1832 - 15 de enero de 1861) es un intérprete holandés-estadounidense para el primer consulado estadounidense en Japón, establecido en Gyokusen-ji en Shimoda al final del período Edo. Es asesinado por rōnin anti-extranjero. Biografía
- New York
- To Japan
- Life in Tokyo
- The Evening of 15 January 1861
- After Henry's Death
- The Funeral and Political Consequences
- Aftermath
- The Perpetrators
- Henry's Tomb Monument
Once in America, Henry didn't immediately have luck on his side because he hardly made any money. He was naturalized and adopted the name Henry Conrad Joannes Heusken. Life in New York was tough and Henry lived from small jobs given to him by the Dutch community in the city. In 1855 he was recommended by reverend De Witt and others to Townsend Harr...
Henry's departure from New York on the 25thof October 1855 would be final, something he probably didn't assume. Henry traveled with the steam frigate USS San Jacinto, a U.S. Navy ship. On that day, Henry also started his diary. In the first words he wrote, his hopes went out to a safe voyage of the San Jacinto. Among other things, he wrote that he ...
Already in Shimoda Henry had regularly ridden a horse. He continued to do so in Tokyo, where he often made trips. Horse riding in Japan had always been a privilege for the samurai. Samurai literally means 'he who serves'. They formed the warrior class in pre-industrial Japan and from the twelfth to the late nineteenth century samurai formed the arm...
Henry's experience and knowledge of Japan was also popular with other powers. His involvement in previous negotiations made him a much sought-after interpreter. On the evening of 15 January 1861, he was invited by Duke Friedrich Albrecht zu Eulenburg, head of the Eulenburg Expedition who was in Japan to negotiate a trade treaty between Prussia and ...
It became clear that Henry had died from blood loss caused by a severe wound in the abdominal cavity and a slight wound to the upper body and upper arm. The bleeding had been unstoppable, but the chances of him surviving were slim at the time. An infection of injured intestines would have eventually killed him. The fact that he bled to death saved ...
From a letter from Harris to Henry's mother, we know how the funeral went. It took place on 18 January and the procession was extensive, just as Harris would have liked. The demonstrative large funeral procession consisted of many dignitaries from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, a flag parade, the march band of the Prussian frigate Arcona...
The ‘Nieuw Amsterdamsch Handels- en Effectenblad’ reported on 12 February 1862 that Henry's mother had received the aforementioned compensation from the Japanese Government. The amount of this compensation was reportedly 10,000 US dollars. The compensation was made possible thanks to Towsend Harris. On 2 April 1862, Henry's mother wrote back a than...
The shogunate with its extensive police apparatus, however, failed to find the perpetrators. Harris heard strong words from dignitaries over and over again, but no one was arrested. However, the interrogations of Henry's escorts had already revealed a suspicion, based on the rallying cry of the attackers. Presumably they were from Satsuma, in south...
Henry was buried in the cemetery of the Korin-ji temple, a Rinzai Zen Buddhist temple in Azabu, not far from Zenpuku-ji. At first, a simple grave was given to Henry that was rather hard to find. Therefore, at the beginning of the twentieth century, an attempt was made to make a more appropriate tombstone for Henry. That succeeded and on 30 May 1917...
15 de sept. de 2022 · A year after Kobayashi’s murder, on January 14, 1861, the Japanese interpreter of U.S. Ambassador Townsend Harris, 28-year-old Dutch-born Henry Heusken, fell victim to a similar fate. Returning on horseback from a dinner with a Prussian official, he was attacked by a group of shishi from the Satsuma domain at the Nakanohashi bridge ...
2 de abr. de 2013 · The murder of Kiyokawa Hachiro took place at Ichinohashi in Azabu-Juban, a stone's throw from Nakanohashi, where he murdered Heusken.
12 de jul. de 2022 · On the night of January 14, 1861, the Japanese interpreter of US Ambassador Townsend Harris, 28-year-old Dutch-born Henry Heusken, was returning on horseback from a dinner with a Prussian official when he was attacked by a group of shishi from the Satsuma domain at the Nakanohashi bridge near Azabu Juban.
