The Dutch factory at Deshima in the period of kaikoku (the opening of Japan), as seen through the related incoming and outgoing documents

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K00935
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 03010:Historical studies in general-related
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: MATSUI YOKO 東京大学, 史料編纂所, 教授 (00181686)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 日蘭関係史料 / 日本商館文書 / 出島 / オランダ東インド政庁 / オランダ領事館 / 受発信文書 / 目録データベース

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research project, which is part of a wider study on the structure of the documents concerning the relationship between Japan and the Netherlands, compiled and preserved in the Dutch factory at Deshima in Nagasaki and now held in the National Archives in the Hague, we are focusing on the correspondence between 1843 and 1860. This period also coincides with the so-called kaikoku (the opening of Japan).Through this project, metadata of all the documents included in the register-books of the incoming letters (17 volumes) and of drafts of the outgoing letters (17 volumes) have been added to the Catalogue database of holding materials (Hi-CAT), which can be viewed on the website of the Historigoraphical Institute, University of Tokyo.

Free Research Field

日本近世史　日蘭関係史

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究によって入力したデータについては、史料編纂所の所蔵史料目録データベースに、フィルム毎の内容細目として付加し、インターネット公開した。これにより、当該期の出島商館をめぐる情報の流れに関する基本史料の検索が容易になり、今後の研究の進展に資するものと考える。