Dutch Trading Post Diary - Holland Trading Post Diary

These are official diaries written by successive directors of the Dutch trading posts in Hirado and Nagasaki during the Edo period. They begin with the diary of the seventh director of the Hirado trading post, Nicholas Koeckebacker, dated September 6, 1633 (Kan'ei 10), and continue through the diary of the last director of the Nagasaki trading post, Donker Curtius, dated February 28, 1860 (Man'en 1). They are fundamental historical materials on Japan-Netherlands negotiations, and are also important for understanding the domestic politics and economy of the time, such as the role the Netherlands played in the policy of national isolation. They also provide a detailed description of the daily life of the Dutch, making them a great read. They were originally kept at the Dutch trading post in Nagasaki (the Japanese branch of the Dutch East India Company), but after 1852 (Kaei 5), they were sent in three shipments, passed through Batavia (now Jakarta), and are now kept in the "Documents Related to Japan" section of the National Archives in The Hague, Netherlands. Currently, all of them are stored on microfilm at the Historiographical Institute of the University of Tokyo, and some have been translated.

[Yoko Nagazumi]

"Diary of the Dutch Trading Post in Hirado, translated by Yoko Nagazumi, 4 volumes (1969-70, Iwanami Shoten)" "Diary of the Dutch Trading Post in Nagasaki, translated by Naojiro Murakami, 3 volumes (1956-58, Iwanami Shoten)"

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江戸時代、平戸(ひらど)、長崎にあったオランダ商館の歴代館長が記した公務日誌。第7代平戸商館長ニコラス・クーケバッケルの1633年（寛永10）9月6日付け日記以後、最後の長崎商館長ドンケル・クルティウスの1860年（万延1）2月28日付け日記に至る。日蘭(にちらん)交渉の根本史料であり、鎖国政策に果たしたオランダの役割など当時の国内政治経済を知るうえでも重要。またオランダ人の日常生活を克明に描写して好個の読物ともなっている。もと長崎のオランダ商館（東インド会社日本支店）に保存されていたが、1852年（嘉永5）以後3回に分けて送り出され、バタビア（現ジャカルタ）を経て、オランダ、ハーグ市の国立中央文書館の「日本関係文書」の部に収められた。現在ではマイクロフィルムとしてすべて東京大学史料編纂所(へんさんじょ)に収められ、またその一部は翻訳されている。

［永積洋子］

『永積洋子訳『平戸オランダ商館の日記』全4巻（1969～70・岩波書店）』▽『村上直次郎訳『長崎オランダ商館の日記』全3巻（1956～58・岩波書店）』

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