Dejima trading post
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Dejima trading post was a small artificial island in Nagasaki that served as the Dutch East India Company’s tightly controlled trading base and Japan’s primary window to the West during the Edo period.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dejima trading post canonical | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dutch trading post in Japan
ⓘ
artificial island ⓘ trading post ⓘ |
| accessControlledBy | Japanese authorities ⓘ |
| accessRestrictedTo |
Chinese traders
ⓘ
Dutch traders ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Japanese isolationism
ⓘ
sakoku policy ⓘ |
| builtFor | Portuguese traders ⓘ |
| builtIn | 1630s ⓘ |
| constructedAs | artificial island ⓘ |
| controlledBy | Nagasaki bugyō ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| declineAfter | opening of Japan in the 1850s ⓘ |
| era | Edo period ⓘ |
| function |
Japan’s primary window to the West
ⓘ
tightly controlled trading base ⓘ |
| governedBy | Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ |
| knownFor |
astronomical and geographical knowledge transfer
ⓘ
introduction of Western science to Japan ⓘ medical knowledge transfer ⓘ rangaku (Dutch learning) ⓘ |
| languageOfTrade | Dutch ⓘ |
| laterUsedBy | Dutch East India Company ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Japan
ⓘ
Kyushu ⓘ Nagasaki ⓘ Nagasaki Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Dutch East India Company
ⓘ
Netherlands Trading Society ⓘ |
| periodOfUse |
17th century
ⓘ
18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ |
| role |
center for controlled cultural exchange between Japan and the West
ⓘ
sole place of direct European–Japanese trade during much of the Edo period ⓘ |
| significance |
major conduit for Western books and ideas into Japan
ⓘ
symbol of limited Western presence in isolationist Japan ⓘ |
| status | partially reconstructed historic site ⓘ |
| tourism | heritage tourism destination in Nagasaki ⓘ |
| tradedGoods |
copper
ⓘ
medicinal products ⓘ porcelain ⓘ silk ⓘ spices ⓘ sugar ⓘ textiles ⓘ |
| tradedWith |
Dutch Republic
ⓘ
other European regions via Dutch intermediaries ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Dutch merchants
ⓘ
Japanese officials ⓘ |
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