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Isaac Titsingh was director (''[[opperhoofd]]'') of the [[Dutch East India Company]] factory on [[Dejima]] from [[1779]] until [[1784]]. He had at least one child by a [[courtesan]] of the [[Maruyama]], a fifteen-year-old ''tayû'' named Ukine. | Isaac Titsingh was director (''[[opperhoofd]]'') of the [[Dutch East India Company]] factory on [[Dejima]] from [[1779]] until [[1784]]. He had at least one child by a [[courtesan]] of the [[Maruyama]], a fifteen-year-old ''tayû'' named Ukine. | ||
| − | He was succeeded as ''opperhoofd'' by [[Hendrik Casper Romberg]] in 1784. | + | He was succeeded as ''opperhoofd'' by [[Hendrik Casper Romberg]] in 1784. Titsingh later headed the last Dutch embassy to Beijing, in [[1794]]-[[1795]].<ref>Ta-Tuan Ch’en, “Sino–Liu-Ch'iuan Relations in the Nineteenth Century,” PhD dissertation, Indiana University (1963), 125-127.</ref> |
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*Gary Leupp, ''Interracial Intimacy in Japan: Western Men and Japanese Women, 1543-1900'', A&C Black (2003), 123. | *Gary Leupp, ''Interracial Intimacy in Japan: Western Men and Japanese Women, 1543-1900'', A&C Black (2003), 123. | ||
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[[Category:Foreigners]] | [[Category:Foreigners]] | ||
[[Category:Edo Period]] | [[Category:Edo Period]] | ||
[[Category:Merchants]] | [[Category:Merchants]] | ||
Revision as of 00:09, 5 August 2016
Isaac Titsingh was director (opperhoofd) of the Dutch East India Company factory on Dejima from 1779 until 1784. He had at least one child by a courtesan of the Maruyama, a fifteen-year-old tayû named Ukine.
He was succeeded as opperhoofd by Hendrik Casper Romberg in 1784. Titsingh later headed the last Dutch embassy to Beijing, in 1794-1795.[1]
References
- Gary Leupp, Interracial Intimacy in Japan: Western Men and Japanese Women, 1543-1900, A&C Black (2003), 123.
- ↑ Ta-Tuan Ch’en, “Sino–Liu-Ch'iuan Relations in the Nineteenth Century,” PhD dissertation, Indiana University (1963), 125-127.
