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Establishment of the Dutch Trading Post at Hirado

Type Event Region Japan Time 1609

In 1609 a VOC merchant ship obtained Tokugawa shogunate permission at Hirado to open Japan's first Dutch trading post, breaking the Portuguese monopo…

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  1. 1609Hirado harbor · NagasakiThe VOC ship 'De Rode Leeuw met Pijlen' docked at Hirado harbor; the captain made contact with shogunate representatives, requested permission to trade, and received an initial response.
  2. 1609–1610Hirado · NagasakiThe Tokugawa shogunate issued a trading license to the VOC, allowing it to set up a trading post at Hirado, importing silk, porcelain and other goods and exporting silver, copper and other materials; the Dutch became the first officially recognized European trading partner.

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