Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Hirado, Nagasaki" in English language version.
The first Dutch trading post is located in Hirado. In the Japanese fight against Christianity, the Shôgun decided thirty years later that the country should be protected from any foreign influence. Only the Dutch can stay on the isolated island of Deshima. Every year the main Dutch officials visit the Shôgun. They overload the Shôgun with the curiosities he ordered, such as horses, a pearl diver and Delft Blue porcelain. No effort is spared to please the Shôgun, all to preserve the trade monopoly.
The first Dutch trading post is located in Hirado. In the Japanese fight against Christianity, the Shôgun decided thirty years later that the country should be protected from any foreign influence. Only the Dutch can stay on the isolated island of Deshima. Every year the main Dutch officials visit the Shôgun. They overload the Shôgun with the curiosities he ordered, such as horses, a pearl diver and Delft Blue porcelain. No effort is spared to please the Shôgun, all to preserve the trade monopoly.
