1609_mission_to_Japan Jacques_Specx
the trade pass (dutch: handelspas) issued in name of tokugawa ieyasu. text commands: dutch ships allowed travel japan, , can disembark on coast, without reserve. on regulation must observed, , dutch left free sail want throughout japan. no offenses them allowed, such on previous occasions – dated august 24, 1609 (keichō 14, 25th day of 6th month); n.b., goshuin (御朱印) identifies official document bearing shogun s scarlet seal.
the 2 ships specx commanded de griffioen (the griffin , 19 cannons) , roode leeuw met pijlen (the red lion arrows , 400 tons, 26 cannons). ships arrived in japan on july 2, 1609.
among crews chief merchants abraham van den broeck , nicolaas puyck , under-merchant jaques specx.
the exact composition of delegation uncertain; has been established van den broeck , puyck traveled shogunal court, , melchior van santvoort acted mission s interpreter. santevoort had arrived few years earlier aboard dutch ship de liefde. had established himself merchant in nagasaki.
christ in storm on lake genesareth; rembrandt (1633) 160 x 127cm. in 1990 painting stolen isabella stewart gardner museum , has not been recovered; belonged jacques specx in 1651
the shogun granted dutch access ports in japan, , confirmed in act of safe-conduct, stamped red seal. (inv.nr.1a.).
in september 1609 ship s council decided hire house on hirado island (west of southern main island kiushu). jacques specx became first opperhoofd (chief) of new company s factory.
in 1610, specx sent ship korea.
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