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''Fûsetsugaki'' were documents collected in [[Nagasaki]] from [[VOC|Dutch]] and [[Chinese in Nagasaki|Chinese]] merchant ships, relating information about the ships themselves (their cargoes, etc.) and about events and developments in the broader world. Along with information obtained via [[Korea]] and [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryûkyû]], these reports were a key source of information for [[Edo period]] authorities as to political and other developments in the outside world.

''Fûsetsugaki'' were documents collected in [[Nagasaki]] from [[VOC|Dutch]] and [[Chinese in Nagasaki|Chinese]] merchant ships, relating information about the ships themselves (their cargoes, etc.) and about events and developments in the broader world. Along with information obtained via [[Korea]] and [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryûkyû]], these reports were a key source of information for [[Edo period]] authorities as to political and other developments in the outside world.

The first ''fûsetsugaki'' were prepared by the Dutch in [[1641]]; from [[1644]] onwards, it became standard for both Dutch and Chinese ships to provide three copies of such reports when making port at Nagasaki. One copy went to the [[Nagasaki bugyo|Nagasaki Magistrate's office]], one to [[Edo]], and one to the official interpreters.

The first ''fûsetsugaki'' were prepared by the Dutch in [[1641]]; from [[1644]] onwards, it became standard for both Dutch and Chinese ships to provide three copies of such reports when making port at Nagasaki. One copy went to the [[Nagasaki bugyo|Nagasaki Magistrate's office]], one to [[Edo]], and one to the [[Nagasaki interpreters|official interpreters]].

Historian [[Ishii Yoneo]] has compiled modern Japanese translations of many of the Chinese ''fûsetsugaki'' in a 1998 volume entitled ''The Junk Trade from Southeast Asia: Translations from the Tôsen Fusetsu-gaki, 1674-1723''.<ref>Ishii Yoneo, ''The Junk Trade from Southeast Asia: Translations from the Tôsen Fusetsu-gaki, 1674-1723'', Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1998.</ref>

Historian [[Ishii Yoneo]] has compiled modern Japanese translations of many of the Chinese ''fûsetsugaki'' in a 1998 volume entitled ''The Junk Trade from Southeast Asia: Translations from the Tôsen Fusetsu-gaki, 1674-1723''.<ref>Ishii Yoneo, ''The Junk Trade from Southeast Asia: Translations from the Tôsen Fusetsu-gaki, 1674-1723'', Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1998.</ref>