Japan and Dutch Trade Agreements
The first Dutch explorers landed on the port of Usuki in 1600. Jacques Mahu led a fleet of five ships, only one of which made it to Japan. The Dutch were not welcomed in Japan because the Portuguese were already established there. The Japanese frowned upon the arrival of more Europeans, particularly Protestants, to influence the region. Later in 1609 the Dutch East India Company arrived at the bay of Nagasaki, which would be expanded to be the primary port of trade between the Japanese and Europeans. This construction was called Deshima.
In 1639 the Japanese expelled all European powers except the Dutch from Japan. The Dutch remained because they had no intent to proselytize the Japanese, or convert them to their religion. The Japanese had an established culture and religion of their own and were not willing to convert to Christianity.
Since the Dutch were Protestants they did not have as much of an interest in conversion as Portugal or Spain did, and they were chiefly in Japan to trade and make business investments in the country. The Dutch remained in Japan past 1853 when Commodore Perry forced the empire to engage in trade with other Western powers.
The Dutch influenced Japanese learning. Their influence was so strong that the Japanese have a word for Dutch learning, Rangaku. Japan maintained a policy of isolation but Japanese scholars eagerly learned Western medical science, anatomy, and practices of vaccination from the Dutch through the 150 years of exclusively Japanese-Dutch contact.
https://www.swaen.com/japanNED.php#arrival
http://www.uky.edu/Centers/Asia/SECAAS/Seras/2012/17_Rangaku_Medicine.pdf
http://www.columbia.edu/~wtd1/w4030/sjt/Ch29.pdf
In 1639 the Japanese expelled all European powers except the Dutch from Japan. The Dutch remained because they had no intent to proselytize the Japanese, or convert them to their religion. The Japanese had an established culture and religion of their own and were not willing to convert to Christianity.
Since the Dutch were Protestants they did not have as much of an interest in conversion as Portugal or Spain did, and they were chiefly in Japan to trade and make business investments in the country. The Dutch remained in Japan past 1853 when Commodore Perry forced the empire to engage in trade with other Western powers.
The Dutch influenced Japanese learning. Their influence was so strong that the Japanese have a word for Dutch learning, Rangaku. Japan maintained a policy of isolation but Japanese scholars eagerly learned Western medical science, anatomy, and practices of vaccination from the Dutch through the 150 years of exclusively Japanese-Dutch contact.
https://www.swaen.com/japanNED.php#arrival
http://www.uky.edu/Centers/Asia/SECAAS/Seras/2012/17_Rangaku_Medicine.pdf
http://www.columbia.edu/~wtd1/w4030/sjt/Ch29.pdf