Tokugawa Japan: Red Seal Ships and licensed maritime commerce (1604–1639)

1. First preserved Tokugawa red-seal permit issued

   Jan 1, 1604Labels: Shuinj, Tokugawa Ieyasu

   • Red Seal ships
   • PMA object

2. Dutch VOC factory opens at Hirado

   Jan 1, 1609Labels: VOC, Hirado

   • Hirado Castle
   • Dejima

3. Dutch receive Tokugawa red-seal trading pass

   Aug 24, 1609Labels: VOC, Red-seal pass

   • Wikimedia
   • Dejima

4. Yamada Nagamasa settles in Ayutthaya

   Jan 1, 1612Labels: Yamada Nagamasa, Ayutthaya

   • Yamada
   • Nanban trade

5. England opens Hirado factory

   Jan 1, 1613Labels: English factory, Hirado

   • Hirado Castle
   • Nanban trade

6. Keichō Embassy departs Japan across the Pacific

   Oct 28, 1613Labels: Keich Embassy, Hasekura Tsunenaga

   • Hasekura
   • Hasekura ES

7. Tokugawa bans Christianity

   Jan 1, 1614Labels: Tokugawa shogunate, Christianity ban

   • Britannica
   • Nanban trade

8. Foreign trade confined to Hirado and Nagasaki

   Jan 1, 1616Labels: Hirado, Nagasaki

   • Hirado Castle
   • Dejima

9. English close Hirado factory

   Jan 1, 1623Labels: English factory, Hirado

   • Hirado Castle
   • Nanban trade

10. Spanish vessels forbidden to enter Japan

    Jan 1, 1624Labels: Spain, Maritime ban

    • Britannica
    • MLIT DB

11. Construction of Dejima begins at Nagasaki

    Jan 1, 1634Labels: Dejima, Nagasaki

    • Dejima
    • Nanban trade

12. Overseas voyages and returns by Japanese prohibited

    Jan 1, 1635Labels: Tokugawa Iemitsu, Travel ban

    • Britannica
    • MLIT DB

13. Portuguese ships banned from Japanese ports

    Jan 1, 1639Labels: Portugal, Maritime ban

    • Britannica
    • Nanban trade