Taemon Itoya

...Towns of Japanese residents formed in various parts of Southeast Asia from the beginning to the end of the 17th century. The number of Japanese traveling abroad had already been increasing since the end of the 16th century, but it became even more popular with the establishment of the Shuinsen system (shuin ships). In the 30 years leading up to the issuance of the 4th Sakoku Edict in 1636 (Kan'ei 13), a total of 356 Shuinjo letters were issued, but the actual number of ships traveling abroad is thought to have been greater. The destinations were Kochi (present-day central Vietnam), Siam (Thailand), Luzon (Luzon Island in the Philippines), Cambodia, Tokyo (Tonkin...

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…17世紀初めごろから末近くまで，東南アジア各地に形成された日本人居留民の町。日本人の海外渡航はすでに16世紀の終りごろから増加していたが，朱印船制度(朱印船)の確立とともに一段と盛んになった。1636年(寛永13)の第4回鎖国令発布までの約30年間に発給した朱印状の数は合計356通に達するが，実際の渡航船隻数はこれより多かったと考えられる。その行先は交趾(現在のベトナム中部)，暹羅(タイ)，呂宋(フィリピンのルソン島)，柬埔寨(カンボジア)，東京(トンキン。…

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