 (Jeronima) was the daughter of Niccolò Marino, Italian captain of a Portuguese vessel, and Maria, a Japanese woman known only by her Christian name.She left Hirado on the VOC ship "Breda" at the age of 14 or 15 in October 1639.Her long letter included by Nishikawa Joken in his 1719 is a literary elaboration, but a copy of the original of 1681, accompanying a string of gifts to family and friends, has recently come to light.