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| − | Cornelis van Nijenroode was chief factor of the [[Dutch East India Company]] operations in Japan from [[1623]] to [[1632]]. During his time in Japan, he had relationships with two [[courtesans]] of the [[Maruyama]] district, and had a daughter with each. With one woman, known only as Surishia, Nijenroode had a daughter in [[1630]] who they named [[Cornelia van Nijenroode|Cornelia]]. She went on to have an active life in the Dutch East Indies. With the other woman, Tokeshio, he had a daughter named [[Esther van Nijenroode|Esther]]. | + | Cornelis van Nijenroode was chief factor of the [[Dutch East India Company]] operations in Japan from [[1623]] to [[1632]]. He was the fifth to hold that post.<ref>Gallery labels, Dutch Trading Post, Hirado.</ref> During his time in Japan, he had relationships with two [[courtesans]] of the [[Maruyama]] district, and had a daughter with each. With one woman, known only as Surishia, Nijenroode had a daughter in [[1630]] who they named [[Cornelia van Nijenroode|Cornelia]]. She went on to have an active life in the Dutch East Indies. With the other woman, Tokeshio, he had a daughter named [[Esther van Nijenroode|Esther]]. |
Prior to his time in Japan, van Nijenroode spent some time in [[Ayutthaya]] (Siam).<ref>Cesare Polenghi, ''Samurai of Ayutthaya: Yamada Nagamasa, Japanese warrior and merchant in early seventeenth-century Siam''. Bangkok: White Lotus Press (2009), 37.</ref> | Prior to his time in Japan, van Nijenroode spent some time in [[Ayutthaya]] (Siam).<ref>Cesare Polenghi, ''Samurai of Ayutthaya: Yamada Nagamasa, Japanese warrior and merchant in early seventeenth-century Siam''. Bangkok: White Lotus Press (2009), 37.</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 16:23, 30 September 2025
- Died: 1633
Cornelis van Nijenroode was chief factor of the Dutch East India Company operations in Japan from 1623 to 1632. He was the fifth to hold that post.[1] During his time in Japan, he had relationships with two courtesans of the Maruyama district, and had a daughter with each. With one woman, known only as Surishia, Nijenroode had a daughter in 1630 who they named Cornelia. She went on to have an active life in the Dutch East Indies. With the other woman, Tokeshio, he had a daughter named Esther.
Prior to his time in Japan, van Nijenroode spent some time in Ayutthaya (Siam).[2]
He died in 1633. Cornelia's mother Surishia then married the Hirado-based merchant Handa Goemon.
References
- Amy Stanley, Selling Women: Prostitution, Markets, and the Household in Early Modern Japan, UC Press (2012), 77.
- Gary Leupp, Interracial Intimacy in Japan: Western Men and Japanese Women, 1543-1900, A&C Black (2003), 117.
