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Dejima


 

Dejima, also Deshima (出島, literally 'protruding island') in modern Japanese, was a fan-shaped artificial island in the bay of Nagasaki that was a Dutch trading post during Japan's self-imposed isolation (sakoku) of the Edo period, from 1641 until 1853.

Related Topics:
Japanese - Artificial island - Nagasaki - Dutch - Japan - Sakoku - Edo period - 1641 - 1853

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