The Deshima Diaries
Marginalia 1740-1800
Published on 29. June 2015
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English translation of the marginalia, or marginal notes, that were added to the text of the Deshima Diaries from the 1670's onwards in order to provide the Dutch chief of Deshima with a quick reference to the notes of his predecessors. This volume covers the marginalia from the 1740-4800 diaries. Providing the general public, and especially those who have neither a command of Dutch nor of Japanese access to a fascinating period of Japanese history in which the Dutch played such a singular role. At the same time, the serious scholar wil obtain an easy key to the extremely rich holdings of the archive of the Deshima trading factory, which covers a shelf length of more than forty meters in the National Archives in the Netherlands, but which has been only rarely utilized by historians, Japanologists or other scholars.
In the 1740s, the Dutch East India Company (VOC) was in many ways at the height of its power. The second half of the 18th century saw the decline of the Company from being the high and mighty - and only - trading company which covered from its base in Batavia (Jakarta) all of Asia with a network that stretched from Basra in Persia to Nagasaki in Japan, to becoming a mere shadow of its former self with only a tenous hold on a few possessions in the Indonesian archipelago. By the end of the century, it had lost its establishments in South Africa, India and Ceylon to the British, and its flleet was gone. However, as a trading company, it was dead, but as a proto-colonial producer it was actually doing quite well.
The basis of the present text are the Deshima Dagregisters: their original tables of contents, Vol. VII (1740-1760), Vol. VIII (1760-1780), Vol. IX (1780-1790), Vol. X (1790-1800) published in the Intercontinenta Series Nos. 18 (1993), 19 (1995), 20 (1996), and 21 (1997) by the Institute for the History of European Expansion at Leiden University.
Scientific Publications of the Japan-Netherlands Institute No. 21.
Published by the Japan-Netherlands Institute, Tokyo 2004 (original ISBN 4930921066).
In the 1740s, the Dutch East India Company (VOC) was in many ways at the height of its power. The second half of the 18th century saw the decline of the Company from being the high and mighty - and only - trading company which covered from its base in Batavia (Jakarta) all of Asia with a network that stretched from Basra in Persia to Nagasaki in Japan, to becoming a mere shadow of its former self with only a tenous hold on a few possessions in the Indonesian archipelago. By the end of the century, it had lost its establishments in South Africa, India and Ceylon to the British, and its flleet was gone. However, as a trading company, it was dead, but as a proto-colonial producer it was actually doing quite well.
The basis of the present text are the Deshima Dagregisters: their original tables of contents, Vol. VII (1740-1760), Vol. VIII (1760-1780), Vol. IX (1780-1790), Vol. X (1790-1800) published in the Intercontinenta Series Nos. 18 (1993), 19 (1995), 20 (1996), and 21 (1997) by the Institute for the History of European Expansion at Leiden University.
Scientific Publications of the Japan-Netherlands Institute No. 21.
Published by the Japan-Netherlands Institute, Tokyo 2004 (original ISBN 4930921066).
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Edited by Leonard Blussé, Cynthia Viallé, Willem Remmelink and Isabel van Daalen
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List of Illustrations
Contents
Foreword
Editorial Note
Introduction
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Jacob van der Waeijen 1740-1741
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Thomas van Rhee 1741-1742
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Jacob van der Waeijen 1742-1743
Diary kept by Opperhoofd David Brouwer 1743-1744
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Jacob van der Waeijen 1744-1745
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Jan Louis de Win 1745-1746
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Jacob Balde 1746-1747
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Jan Louis de Win 1747-1748
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Jacob Balde 1748-1749
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Hendrik van Homoed 1749-1750
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Abraham van Suchtelen 1750-1751
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Hendrik van Homoed 1751-1752
Diary kept by Opperhoofd David Boelen 1752-1753
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Hendrik van Homoed 1753-1754
Diary kept by Opperhoofd David Boelen 1754-1755
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Herbert Vermeulen 1755-1756
Diary kept by Opperhoofd David Boelen 1756-1757
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Herbert Vermeulen 1757-1758
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Johannes Reijnouts 1758-1759
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Herbert Vermeulen 1759 (August-November)
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Johannes Reijnouts 1759-1760
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Marten Huijsvoorn 1760-1761
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Johannes Reijnouts 1761-1762
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Fredrik Willem Wineke 1762-1763
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Jan Crans 1763-1764
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Fredrik Willem Wineke 1764-1765
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Jan Crans 1765-1766
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Herman Christiaan Kastens 1766-1767
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Jan Crans 1767-1768
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Jan Crans 1768-1769
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Olphert Elias 1769-1770
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Daniel Armenault 1770-1771
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Arend Willem Feith 1771-1772
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Daniel Armenault 1772-1773
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Arend Willem Feith 1773-1774
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Daniel Armenault 1774-1775
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Arend Willem Feith 1775-1776
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Hendrik Godfried Duurkoop 1776-1777
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Arend Willem Feith 1777-1778
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Arend Willem Feith 1778-1779
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Isaac Titsingh 1779-1780
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Arend Willem Feith 1780-1781
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Isaac Titsingh 1781-1782
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Isaac Titsingh 1782-1783
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Hendrik Casper Romberg 1783-1784
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Isaac Titsingh 1784 (August-November)
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Hendrik Casper Romberg 1784-1785
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Johan Fredrik Baron van Reede tot de Parkeler 1785-1786
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Hendrik Casper Romberg 1786-1787
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Johan Fredrik Baron van Reede tot de Parkeler 1778-1788
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Hendrik Casper Romberg 1788-1789
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Johan Fredrik Baron van Reede tot de Parkeler 1789 (August-November)
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Hendrik Casper Romberg 1789-1790
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Petrus Theodorus Chassé 1790-1791
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Petrus Theodorus Chassé 1791-1792
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Gijsbert Hemmij 1792-1793
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Gijsbert Hemmij 1793-1794
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Gijsbert Hemmij 1794-1795
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Gijsbert Hemmij 1795-1796
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Gijsbert Hemmij 1796-1797
Diary kept by Bookkeeper / Scribe Leopold Willem Ras 1798 (May-November)
Diary kept by Scribe Leopold Willem Ras 1798-1799
Diary kept by Merchant Leopold Willem Ras 1799-1800
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Willem Wardenaar 1800 (July-November)
Appendix 1: Secret Diary kept by Opperhoofd Isaac Titsingh 1782-1783
Appendix 2: Private Notes kept by [Deputy Jean Baptist Ricard] 1794 (April-July)
Appendix 3: Private Notes Kept by [Assistant Johannes Jacobus Smits] 1794 (April-July)
Appendix 4: Secret Diary kept by Opperhoofd Willem Wardenaar 1800 (July/November)
Sources
Glossary
Index of Ship's Names
Index of Geographical Names
Index of Non-Japanese Names
Index of Japanese Names
Subject Index
Contents
Foreword
Editorial Note
Introduction
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Jacob van der Waeijen 1740-1741
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Thomas van Rhee 1741-1742
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Jacob van der Waeijen 1742-1743
Diary kept by Opperhoofd David Brouwer 1743-1744
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Jacob van der Waeijen 1744-1745
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Jan Louis de Win 1745-1746
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Jacob Balde 1746-1747
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Jan Louis de Win 1747-1748
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Jacob Balde 1748-1749
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Hendrik van Homoed 1749-1750
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Abraham van Suchtelen 1750-1751
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Hendrik van Homoed 1751-1752
Diary kept by Opperhoofd David Boelen 1752-1753
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Hendrik van Homoed 1753-1754
Diary kept by Opperhoofd David Boelen 1754-1755
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Herbert Vermeulen 1755-1756
Diary kept by Opperhoofd David Boelen 1756-1757
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Herbert Vermeulen 1757-1758
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Johannes Reijnouts 1758-1759
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Herbert Vermeulen 1759 (August-November)
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Johannes Reijnouts 1759-1760
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Marten Huijsvoorn 1760-1761
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Johannes Reijnouts 1761-1762
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Fredrik Willem Wineke 1762-1763
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Jan Crans 1763-1764
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Fredrik Willem Wineke 1764-1765
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Jan Crans 1765-1766
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Herman Christiaan Kastens 1766-1767
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Jan Crans 1767-1768
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Jan Crans 1768-1769
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Olphert Elias 1769-1770
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Daniel Armenault 1770-1771
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Arend Willem Feith 1771-1772
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Daniel Armenault 1772-1773
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Arend Willem Feith 1773-1774
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Daniel Armenault 1774-1775
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Arend Willem Feith 1775-1776
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Hendrik Godfried Duurkoop 1776-1777
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Arend Willem Feith 1777-1778
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Arend Willem Feith 1778-1779
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Isaac Titsingh 1779-1780
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Arend Willem Feith 1780-1781
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Isaac Titsingh 1781-1782
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Isaac Titsingh 1782-1783
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Hendrik Casper Romberg 1783-1784
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Isaac Titsingh 1784 (August-November)
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Hendrik Casper Romberg 1784-1785
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Johan Fredrik Baron van Reede tot de Parkeler 1785-1786
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Hendrik Casper Romberg 1786-1787
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Johan Fredrik Baron van Reede tot de Parkeler 1778-1788
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Hendrik Casper Romberg 1788-1789
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Johan Fredrik Baron van Reede tot de Parkeler 1789 (August-November)
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Hendrik Casper Romberg 1789-1790
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Petrus Theodorus Chassé 1790-1791
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Petrus Theodorus Chassé 1791-1792
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Gijsbert Hemmij 1792-1793
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Gijsbert Hemmij 1793-1794
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Gijsbert Hemmij 1794-1795
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Gijsbert Hemmij 1795-1796
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Gijsbert Hemmij 1796-1797
Diary kept by Bookkeeper / Scribe Leopold Willem Ras 1798 (May-November)
Diary kept by Scribe Leopold Willem Ras 1798-1799
Diary kept by Merchant Leopold Willem Ras 1799-1800
Diary kept by Opperhoofd Willem Wardenaar 1800 (July-November)
Appendix 1: Secret Diary kept by Opperhoofd Isaac Titsingh 1782-1783
Appendix 2: Private Notes kept by [Deputy Jean Baptist Ricard] 1794 (April-July)
Appendix 3: Private Notes Kept by [Assistant Johannes Jacobus Smits] 1794 (April-July)
Appendix 4: Secret Diary kept by Opperhoofd Willem Wardenaar 1800 (July/November)
Sources
Glossary
Index of Ship's Names
Index of Geographical Names
Index of Non-Japanese Names
Index of Japanese Names
Subject Index