Otokichi

Otokichi
Japanese drawing of Otokichi in 1849, as he visited Japan passing for a Chinese man.
Born	1818 Mihama, Aichi Prefecture, Tokugawa shogunate
Died	January 1, 1867(1867-01-01) (aged 49) Singapore
Resting place	Japanese Cemetery Park, Hougang, Singapore
Nationality	Japanese
Other names	John Matthew Ottoson
Citizenship	British

Otokichi (音吉 or 乙吉), also known as Yamamoto Otokichi^[1] and later known as John Matthew Ottoson (1818 – January 1867), was a Japanese castaway originally from the area of Onoura near modern-day Mihama, on the west coast of the Chita Peninsula in Aichi Prefecture.