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Isaac Titsingh
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Isaac Titsingh FRS was a Dutch diplomat, historian, Japanologist, and merchant. During a long career in East Asia, Titsingh was a senior official of the Dutch East India Company. He represented the Eu
Illustration depicting the last European delegation to be received at the Qianlong Emperor's court in 1795. Isaac Titsingh seated on the far left of t
Illustration depicting the last European delegation to be received at the Qianlong Emperor's court in 1795. Isaac Titsingh seated on the far left of the picture (wearing a hat) and Andreas Everardus van Braam Houckgeest seated to his right.
Dutchmen with Courtesans in Nagasaki c. 1800
Dutchmen with Courtesans in Nagasaki c. 1800
Dejima and Nagasaki Bay, circa 1820. Two Dutch ships and numerous Chinese trading junks are depicted.
Dejima and Nagasaki Bay, circa 1820. Two Dutch ships and numerous Chinese trading junks are depicted.
Japanese acupuncture mannequin from the Titsingh estate. Musée d'histoire de la médecine, Paris.
Japanese acupuncture mannequin from the Titsingh estate. Musée d'histoire de la médecine, Paris.
Dejima
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Dejima or Deshima, in the 17th century also called Tsukishima, was an artificial island off Nagasaki, Japan, that served as a trading post for the Portuguese and subsequently the Dutch. For 220 years,
Isaac Titsingh
…or leave the Japanese archipelago on penalty of death. The sole exception to this "closed door" was the VOC "factory" (trading post) on the island of Dejima in Nagasaki Bay, on the southern Japanese island of Kyūshū. During this period of seclusion, Titsingh is believed to have been the first Freemason in…
An imagined bird's-eye view of Dejima's layout and structures (copied from a woodblock print by Toshimaya Bunjiemon of 1780 and published in Isaac Tit
An imagined bird's-eye view of Dejima's layout and structures (copied from a woodblock print by Toshimaya Bunjiemon of 1780 and published in Isaac Titsingh's Bijzonderheden over Japan (1824/25)
A Dutchman with his servant at Dejima (18th-century painting by unknown artist, British Museum collection)
A Dutchman with his servant at Dejima (18th-century painting by unknown artist, British Museum collection)
A 2017 model of Dejima in the Museum Volkenkunde in Leiden, Netherlands
A 2017 model of Dejima in the Museum Volkenkunde in Leiden, Netherlands
A central part of reconstructed Dejima, Nagasaki, 2007
A central part of reconstructed Dejima, Nagasaki, 2007