Maximiliaen Le Maire
Maximiliaen Le Maire (born February 28, 1606 in Amsterdam ; died around 1654 , possibly in Batavia ) was director of the Dutch station in Japan.
life and work
Maximiliaen Le Maire took over the trading post on February 14, 1641 and traveled to Edo immediately after his arrival . But Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu refused to receive him and had his commissioners inform him that Holland would have to give up the Hirado trading post and move the station to Nagasaki, where an artificial island called Deshima had been built. This meant moving from the friendly support of the Hirado daimyo to the strict supervision of the shogunate.
The instruction could not be ignored and so Hirado was given up on May 22, 1641. Deshima became the only place Europeans could stay in Japan for the next 200 years. Le Maire's tenure ended on October 30, 1641.
literature
- Papinot, Edmond: Lemaire (Maximilian). In: Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan. Reprinted by Tuttle, 1972 edition of 1910 edition. ISBN 0-8048-0996-8 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Maire, Maximiliaen Le |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 28, 1606 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amsterdam |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1654 |
| Place of death | Batavia |