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Japan: A group of Dutch traders dining at Dejima Island, Nagasaki, c.1825. Philip Franz Von Siebold seated, centre, with his mistress, Kusomoto Taki (Sonogi) holding cat

Dejima (literally 'exit island'; Dutch: Desjima or Deshima, sometimes latinised as Decima or Dezima) was a small fan-shaped artificial island built in the bay of Nagasaki in 1634. This island, which was formed by digging a canal through a small peninsula, remained as the single place of direct trade and exchange between Japan and the outside world during the Edo period. Dejima was built to constrain foreign traders as part of the 'sakoku' self-imposed isolationist policy. Originally built to house Portuguese traders, it changed to a Chinese and Dutch trading post from 1641 until 1853. Covering an area of 120 m x 75 m (9000 square meters, or 0.9 hectares) it later became integrated into the city. 'Dejima Dutch Trading Post' has been designated a Japanese national historic site.

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Japan: A group of Dutch traders dining at Dejima Island, Nagasaki, c.1825. Philip Franz Von Siebold seated, centre, with his mistress, Kusomoto Taki (Sonogi) holding cat

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Dejima (literally 'exit island'; Dutch: Desjima or Deshima, sometimes latinised as Decima or Dezima) was a small fan-shaped artificial island built in the bay of Nagasaki in 1634. This island, which was formed by digging a canal through a small peninsula, remained as the single place of direct trade and exchange between Japan and the outside world during the Edo period. Dejima was built to constrain foreign traders as part of the 'sakoku' self-imposed isolationist policy. Originally built to house Portuguese traders, it changed to a Chinese and Dutch trading post from 1641 until 1853. Covering an area of 120 m x 75 m (9000 square meters, or 0.9 hectares) it later became integrated into the city. 'Dejima Dutch Trading Post' has been designated a Japanese national historic site.

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ASIA PICTURES • ASIA • ASIAN IMAGE • ASIAN IMAGES • ASIAN PICTURES • ASIAN • BOATS' MOORING • BOUTIQUE • CHINESE • COMMERCE • DEJIMA • DESHIMA • DUTCH • ECONOMY • EDO PERIOD • EDO • EDO-PERIOD • HARBOR • HARBOUR • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORICAL IMAGES • HISTORICAL PICTURES • HISTORICAL • HISTORY IMAGES • HISTORY PICTURES • HISTORY • ISOLATIONIST • JAPAN • JAPAN-EDO PERIOD • JAPANESE • KUSOMOTO TAKI • NAGASAKI • NETHERLANDISH • NETHERLANDS • SIEBOLD • SONOGI • TOKUGAWA • TRADE • TRADING