This study is the first complete history of Dutch diplomatic locations in Japan. It was commissioned by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Tokyo, and carried out by DUITS, a boutique journalism and photography agency in Tokyo.
Little was known about the locations where Dutch diplomats were located after the old Dutch trading post on the island of Dejima in Nagasaki was closed in the late 1850s. This study fills that gap and introduces new discoveries, deepening our understanding of how Dutch envoys moved from Dejima to Tokyo.
During the research stage, this site functioned as the public notebook of the study. Many of the raw unedited notes, organized in notebooks, as well as a small selection of primary documents will remain available for your research.