The surprising history of Nagasaki's Dejima - 100 million yen in rent from the Netherlands for a four-month stay per year

April 2nd, 1641 (Kan'ei 18) is the day that the Edo Shogunate ordered the Dutch to move to Dejima. When you think of the Dutch in the Edo period, you might think, "Didn't they live there from the beginning?" But they moved to Dejima after many twists and turns. What was the process that led to this? Let's take a look step by step. Dejima, published in NIPPON by Siebold / Quoted from Wikipedia Originally for Portuguese merchants Dejima was origin…