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*''Died: [[1633]]''

*''Died: [[1633]]''

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; one of these daughters was [[Cornelia van Nijenroode]], who went on to have an active life in the Dutch East Indies.

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]].

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>

He died in [[1633]].

He died in [[1633]]. Cornelia's mother Surishia then married the [[Hirado]]-based merchant Handa Goemon.  

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