The ruins of Nagasakiya

After the completion of the isolation in 1641 (1641), the Netherlands, which had only been allowed to trade on Dejima, Nagasaki, went to Edo with gifts once a year in the sense of thanks and was to have an audience with the Shogun. Was. At that time, the party decided to stay in Nagasakiya of Genemon Nagasakiya in Edo, and stayed more than 100 people. In addition, while Dutch people stayed in Nagasakiya, astronomers of the Shogunate, medical officers, and Dutch scholars visited and asked academic questions, and played a major role as a place for knowledge exchange.