2025-03-04
12 items from Dutch trade documents have been newly released
12 items from Dutch trade documents held by the Kyoto University Museum have been newly released.
▼Dutch trade document at Dejima, Nagasaki
Documents related to the arrival of the “Schip Handelmaat Schappy” at Dejima in 1827, 12 items in total. Germain Felix Meijlan, whose name appears as the author of the documents, was the head of the Dutch trading post in Nagasaki from August 1826 to October 1830.
The purchase ledger shows “purchase” of “Holländischer Händel in Japan (Dutch trade document) 1818-27, 1 copy (12 sheets)”on July 17, 1911. The content descriptions of the metadata were based on a catalog prepared by Naojiro Murakami, a pioneer in the study of the history of Japan-Europe relations, who at the time was the director of the former Tokyo School of Foreign Studies.
As of March 4, 2025, Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive provides 2,154,629 images of 25,594 titles.
| Record ID | Title | Publication year (Japan) | Collection |
| RB00034908 | Directives to ship captains regarding Japanese sea lanes | 1818(文政1)年5月7日 | Museum |
| RB00034909 | Additional directives concerning Japan | - | |
| RB00034910 | An agreement between Dutch trading houses and Dutch ship captains | 1827(文政10)年 | |
| RB00034911 | Orders given by Meijlan | 1827(文政10)年11月9日 | |
| RB00034912 | Letters from Meijlan | 1827(文政10)年9月11日 | |
| RB00034913 | A copy of regulations concerning the hoisting of national flags of ships entering Japanese waters | （1760(宝暦10)年6月14日） | |
| RB00034914 | Orders given by Meijlan | - | |
| RB00034915 | A notice given by Meijlan | 1827(文政10)年7月26日 | |
| RB00034916 | Letters from Meijlan | 1827(文政10)年7月25日 | |
| RB00034917 | A roster of imports | - | |
| RB00034918 | A roster of exports | - | |
| RB00034919 | A roster of imports by weight | - |