Image: Dutch-Japanese trading pass 1609

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Description: Trading pass (handelspas) issued in the name of Tokugawa Ieyasu with his seal by Chakusu Kurûnbeike Dutch ships are allowed to travel to Japan, and they can disembark on any coast, without any reserve. From now on this regulation must be observed, and the Dutch left free to sail where they want throughout Japan. No offenses to them will be allowed, such as on previous occasions" – sealed and dated August 24, 1609 (Keichō 14, 25th day of the 7th month); n.b., the goshuin (御朱印) identifies this as an official document bearing the shogun's scarlet seal
Title: Dutch-Japanese trading pass 1609
Credit: Nationaal Archief
Author: Shogun Ieyasu
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