Map #52: Nagasaki Harbor, Japan, 1764

 Dutch West India Company area (Dejima) in Nagasaki Harbor
What the Dutch trading area of Dejima looks like today (tour). A short dramatic telling of the history of Dutch trade with Nagasaki and the Dutch version of Nagasaki trade.

Japan during the Edo period

Japanese rulers only permitted  Dutch traders to trade, bit only on the small peninsula of Desima/Dejima in Nagasaki harbor.

Japanese Life in the Edo Era 

An overview of Edo Japan with objects, pictures and a timeline. For an amusing 2D game on Edo Japan, visit this site.

Global Textile Trade 1500-1800

This history has an excellent video of  a Japanese woodcut of the port of Desima.

The purple outlined area shows the area that the Dutch were allowed to trade in the city of Nagasaki, Japan.