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Dutch East India Company The United East India Company ( nl, Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie, the VOC) was a chartered company established on the 20th March 1602 by the States General of the Netherlands amalgamating existing companies into the first joint-stock ...
missions to Edo were regular
tribute A tribute (; from Latin ''tributum'', "contribution") is wealth, often in kind, that a party gives to another as a sign of submission, allegiance or respect. Various ancient states exacted tribute from the rulers of land which the state conqu ...
missions to the court of the Tokugawa ''
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'' in
Edo Edo ( ja, , , "bay-entrance" or "estuary"), also romanized as Jedo, Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of Tokyo. Edo, formerly a ''jōkamachi'' (castle town) centered on Edo Castle located in Musashi Province, became the ''de facto'' capital of ...
(modern
Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...
) to reassure the ties between the Bakufu and the ''Opperhoofd''. The ''Opperhoofd'' of the Dutch factory in Dejima and his attendants were escorted by the Japanese to Edo where they presented exotic and elaborate gifts to the ''shōgun'': clocks, telescopes, medicines, artillery and rare animals were usual gifts of the tribute missions. The ''shōgun'' would correspond at the same time with gifts to the Dutch. The tribute system, as in
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, served to enhance the idea of the ''shōgun''s supremacy to his subjects. Auslin, Michael R. (2006).
Negotiating with imperialism: the unequal treaties and the culture of Japanese Diplomacy
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See also

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Japan–Netherlands relations Japan–Netherlands relations ( nl, Japans-Nederlandse betrekkingen, ja, 日蘭関係) describes the foreign relations between Japan and the Netherlands. Relations between Japan and the Netherlands date back to 1609, when the first formal trade r ...
* VOC Opperhoofden in Japan *
List of Westerners who visited Japan before 1868 This list contains notable Europeans and Americans who visited Japan before the Meiji Restoration. The name of each individual is followed by the year of the first visit, the country of origin, and a brief explanation. 16th century * Two Portugu ...


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