Courting beyond the court: performing commensurability in the early European trade with Japan, 1609-1641

<p>Between the years 1609 and 1641, merchants of the English and Dutch East India Companies (EIC and VOC) lived and worked in the port city of Hirado in Tokugawa Japan. The arrival of these companies marks the first time that western Europeans had encountered Japan following the formation of t...

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Main Author: Kelly, CMJ
Other Authors: Strathern, A
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2021
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