Deshima
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Deshima was a small artificial island in Nagasaki Bay that served as the Dutch East India Company’s exclusive trading post and Japan’s primary window to the West during its period of national isolation.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dutch trading post
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artificial island → historical site → trading post → |
| accessRestrictedTo |
Dutch traders
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selected Japanese officials → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Dejima
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| associatedWithPolicy |
sakoku
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| constructedAs |
artificial island
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| controlledBy |
Tokugawa shogunate
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| country |
Japan
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| currentStatus |
partially reconstructed heritage site
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| exclusiveTradingPostOf |
Dutch East India Company
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| function |
channel for Western knowledge
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controlled foreign trade → |
| governedBy |
Nagasaki bugyō
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| hadInstitution |
Dutch factory
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| hadRole |
diplomatic contact point between Japan and the West
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| historicalPeriod |
Japanese isolation period
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| influenced |
Japanese modernization in the 19th century
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development of Western studies in Japan → |
| knownFor |
introduction of Western astronomy to Japan
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introduction of Western geography to Japan → introduction of Western medicine to Japan → introduction of Western science to Japan → rangaku (Dutch learning) → |
| laterUsedBy |
Dutch East India Company
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| locatedIn |
Japan
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Kyushu → Nagasaki → Nagasaki Bay → |
| mainTradePartnerOf |
Tokugawa shogunate
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| originallyBuiltFor |
Portuguese traders
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| partOf |
Nagasaki foreign settlement system
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| servedAs |
Dutch factory in Japan
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Japan’s primary window to the West → |
| significance |
only place of direct European-Japanese contact for over two centuries
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| tourism |
popular historical tourist attraction in Nagasaki
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| tradeIncluded |
books
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precious metals → scientific instruments → silk → spices → sugar → textiles → |
| tradingNation |
Dutch Republic
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Netherlands → |
| usedDuring |
Edo period
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Tokugawa shogunate → |