The Netherlands – Japan > Themes
The website Japan - Netherlands includes five themes. Each theme focuses on a specific period in the years 1600 to 1868.
1600: The first contact. The schooner De Liefde and encountering Japan.
1609: The Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie (VOC) enters into a business agreement with Japan.
1783: The annual journey to the Shogun’s court in Edo.
1823: The increasing influence of the Dutch in Japan.
