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*''Japanese'': 駱駝 ''(rakuda)''
Camels are not found in Japan outside of zoos or other special circumstances. Native to China since roughly the 3rd century BCE,<ref>Albert Craig, ''The Heritage of Chinese Civilization'', Third Edition, Prentice Hall (2011), 12.</ref> and to North Africa in other varieties, camels were brought to Japan on several occasions, in very small numbers, as special gifts to the shogun during the [[Edo period]].
The first known instance of a camel ever entering Japan took place in [[1647]], when one was brought to [[Nagasaki]] by the [[Dutch East India Company]]. The [[Tokugawa shogunate]] attempted to obtain a new camel in [[1793]], but ultimately abandoned the endeavor, finding it too expensive or otherwise difficult. The Dutch brought another pair of camels in [[1821]], parading them up to [[Edo]]. As with [[elephants]] in this period, however, such occasions were exceedingly rare, and the creatures sadly never lasted very long, likely due in large part to the climate, and the inability of the Japanese (or, perhaps, even the Dutch) authorities to feed and otherwise care for them properly.
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==References==
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[[Category:Flora and Fauna]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
Camels are not found in Japan outside of zoos or other special circumstances. Native to China since roughly the 3rd century BCE,<ref>Albert Craig, ''The Heritage of Chinese Civilization'', Third Edition, Prentice Hall (2011), 12.</ref> and to North Africa in other varieties, camels were brought to Japan on several occasions, in very small numbers, as special gifts to the shogun during the [[Edo period]].
The first known instance of a camel ever entering Japan took place in [[1647]], when one was brought to [[Nagasaki]] by the [[Dutch East India Company]]. The [[Tokugawa shogunate]] attempted to obtain a new camel in [[1793]], but ultimately abandoned the endeavor, finding it too expensive or otherwise difficult. The Dutch brought another pair of camels in [[1821]], parading them up to [[Edo]]. As with [[elephants]] in this period, however, such occasions were exceedingly rare, and the creatures sadly never lasted very long, likely due in large part to the climate, and the inability of the Japanese (or, perhaps, even the Dutch) authorities to feed and otherwise care for them properly.
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==References==
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[[Category:Flora and Fauna]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
