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The following year, Nuyts was appointed head of Fort Zeelandia, the Dutch base on Taiwan. Reportedly bearing resentments against the Japanese (whether because of the rejected mission, or other reasons, is unclear), Nuyts had the Dutch harass a number of Japanese trading ships traveling to or from Southeast Asia. In response, a group of some 500 Japanese "adventurers", led by trader [[Hamada Yahyoee]]<!--浜田弥兵衛-->, and supposedly acting on orders from ''[[Nagasaki bugyo|Nagasaki bugyô]]'' [[Suetsugu Heizo|Suetsugu Heizô]], attacked the Fort, and managed to capture Nuyts. They released him soon afterwards, but took his son and four others captive, later trading these captives for Nuyts himself.<ref>Arano Yasunori, "The Formation of a Japanocentric World Order," ''International Journal of Asian Studies'' 2:2 (2005), 189.</ref> The [[Tokugawa shogunate]], though not in any way involved in this attack or hostage-taking, was nevertheless angered by Nuyts’ actions, and impounded nine Dutch vessels, banned Dutch trade in Japan for three years, and demanded that either Nuyts, or the Fort, be turned over to shogunate authorities. Though the VOC was quite hesitant, they eventually gave in and turned Nuyts over in [[1632]]. He was then imprisoned for three and a half years.<ref>Gary Leupp, ''Interracial Intimacy in Japan: Western Men and Japanese Women, 1543-1900'', A&C Black (2003), 8, 61-63.</ref>

The following year, Nuyts was appointed head of Fort Zeelandia, the Dutch base on Taiwan. Reportedly bearing resentments against the Japanese (whether because of the rejected mission, or other reasons, is unclear), Nuyts had the Dutch harass a number of Japanese trading ships traveling to or from Southeast Asia. In response, a group of some 500 Japanese "adventurers", led by trader [[Hamada Yahyoee]]<!--浜田弥兵衛-->, and supposedly acting on orders from ''[[Nagasaki bugyo|Nagasaki bugyô]]'' [[Suetsugu Heizo|Suetsugu Heizô]], attacked the Fort, and managed to capture Nuyts. They released him soon afterwards, but took his son and four others captive, later trading these captives for Nuyts himself.<ref>Arano Yasunori, "The Formation of a Japanocentric World Order," ''International Journal of Asian Studies'' 2:2 (2005), 189.</ref> The [[Tokugawa shogunate]], though not in any way involved in this attack or hostage-taking, was nevertheless angered by Nuyts’ actions, and impounded nine Dutch vessels, banned Dutch trade in Japan for three years, and demanded that either Nuyts, or the Fort, be turned over to shogunate authorities. Though the VOC was quite hesitant, they eventually gave in and turned Nuyts over in [[1632]]. He was then imprisoned for three and a half years.<ref>Gary Leupp, ''Interracial Intimacy in Japan: Western Men and Japanese Women, 1543-1900'', A&C Black (2003), 8, 61-63.</ref>

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