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Dejima
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thumb|17th-century Dutch Dejima, Japan thumb|A Dutchman with his servant at Dejima (18th-century painting by unknown artist, British Museum collection) thumb|right|A 2017 model of Dejima in the National Museum of Ethnology (Netherlands)|Museum Volkenkunde in [[Leiden, Netherlands]] thumb|A central part of reconstructed Dejima, Nagasaki, 2007 thumb|right|Dejima and Nagasaki Bay, circa 1820. Two Dutch ships (far right) and numerous Chinese trading Junk (ship)|junks (left and center) are depicted. thumb|right|A view of Dejima island in Nagasaki Bay (from Philipp Franz von Siebold|Siebold's Nippon
Key facts
- Island.name
- Dejima
- Island.country
- Japan
- Island.location
- Nagasaki
- Island.image_map
- Plattegrond van Deshima.jpg
- Island.image_map_caption
- An imagined bird's-eye view of Dejima's layout and structures (copied from a woodblock print by Toshimaya Bunjiemon of 1780 and published in Isaac Titsingh's (1824/25)
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Wikidata facts
- Area
- 9000
- Official website
- nagasakidejima.jp
- Image
- View of Dejima in Nagasaki Bay Folding Screen by Kawahara Keiga c1836.jpg
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- Commons category
- Dejima
- inception
- 1641-01-01
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1854-01-01
- native label
- 出島
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Article
18 sectionsContents
- History
- Organization
- Trade
- Ships
- Trade policy
- New introductions to Japan
- Nagasaki Naval Training Center
- Reconstruction
- Chronology
- Trading post chiefs (''opperhoofden'')
- Notable ''opperhoofden'' at Hirado
- Notable ''opperhoofden'' at Dejima
- Gallery
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|17th-century Dutch Dejima, Japan thumb|A Dutchman with his servant at Dejima (18th-century painting by unknown artist, British Museum collection) thumb|right|A 2017 model of Dejima in the National Museum of Ethnology (Netherlands)|Museum Volkenkunde in [[Leiden, Netherlands]] thumb|A central part of reconstructed Dejima, Nagasaki, 2007 thumb|right|Dejima and Nagasaki Bay, circa 1820. Two Dutch ships (far right) and numerous Chinese trading Junk (ship)|junks (left and center) are depicted. thumb|right|A view of Dejima island in Nagasaki Bay (from Philipp Franz von Siebold|Siebold's Nippon, 1897) thumb|Philipp Franz von Siebold (with Taki and his child Ine) watching an incoming Dutch ship at Dejima. Painting by Kawahara Keiga, between 1823 and 1829
or Deshima, in the 17th century also called , was an artificial island off Nagasaki, Japan, that served as a trading post for the Portuguese (1570–1639) and subsequently the Dutch (1641–1858). For 220 years, it was the central conduit for foreign trade and cultural exchange with Japan during the isolationist Edo period (1600–1869), and the only Japanese territory open to Westerners.
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