Hirado, Nagasaki - Gallery

Gallery

  • Hirado Castle — see engraving below

  • Aerial photo of Hirado Castle — compare drawing below

  • Monument at location of former English House and trading post in Hirado — see drawing below

  • Grave of William Adams — see document below

  • The castle of the Daimyo of Hirado — engraving, 17th century

  • Topographical map of the bay of Hirado in 1621. To the right on the shore-line, the Dutch East India Company trading post is marked with the flag of the Netherlands. To the far left, the flag of England at the East India Company trading post. The English factory in Hirado was established in 1613 — drawing, 1621

  • The Dutch VOC trading factory in Hirado was much larger than the English one — engraving, 17th century

  • This document is a "trade pass" (Dutch: handelspas) issued in the name of Tokugawa Ieyasu, which provides for safe landing for any Dutch ship anywhere in Japan; dated August 24, 1609 (Keichō 14, 25th day of the 6th month)

  • View of Hirado bay from Hirado castle, 2006

  • The monument to Camillus Costanzo, Jesuit martyr, located in Tabira, Hirado

  • The Hirado Bridge connects the mainland city to the island. Built in 1977.

  • Komyo Temple (foreground), Zuiun Temple (centre), and St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church.

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