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The Dutch established a factory in Hoi An in [[1633]], remaining into the 1700s. As in other Southeast Asian ports, once the shogunate's policy of [[maritime restrictions]] was put into place in the 1640s, the Japanese community in Hoi An diminished, eventually disappearing prior to the turn of the 18th century.
The Dutch established a factory in Hoi An in [[1633]], remaining into the 1700s. As in other Southeast Asian ports, once the shogunate's policy of [[maritime restrictions]] was put into place in the 1640s, the Japanese community in Hoi An diminished, eventually disappearing prior to the turn of the 18th century.
In response to French encroachment, the Nguyen lords began to suppress [[Christianity]] in their territory, and to persecute its followers (including Japanese Christians) in [[1664]]-[[1665]]. This contributed further to the decline of the community. By 1695, only a handful of families remained. Even so, the Japanese trade with Hoi An, now operated through Chinese and Dutch intermediaries, remained the most important Southeast Asian port, in certain respects, for Japan well into the 1700s.<ref>Craig Lockard, “‘The Sea Common to All’: Maritime Frontiers, Port Cities, and Chinese Traders in the Southeast Asian Age of Commerce, Ca. 1400–1750.” ''Journal of World History'' 21, no. 2 (2010): 237.</ref>
A pair of [[elephants]] from Quang Nam were brought to Japan by a Chinese merchant in [[1728]], and given to the shogun as a gift.<ref>Marius Jansen, ''China in the Tokugawa World'', Harvard University Press (1992), 38.</ref>
A pair of [[elephants]] from Quang Nam were brought to Japan by a Chinese merchant in [[1728]], and given to the shogun as a gift.<ref>Marius Jansen, ''China in the Tokugawa World'', Harvard University Press (1992), 38.</ref>
