Like Lambs in Japan and Devils outside Their Land: Diplomacy, Violence, and Japanese Merchants in Southeast Asia.

The article discusses the use of force and violence among Japanese merchants in Southeast Asia in the early seventeenth century. It particularly examines as evidence the letters of Japanese shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu to Southeastern Asian states, noting that he renounced responsibility for merchants and...

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Published in:	Journal of World History Vol. 24; no. 2; pp. 335 - 359
Main Author:	CLULOW, ADAM
Format:	Article
Published:	University of Hawai'i Jun2013
Subjects:	Merchants Japanese foreign relations Tokugawa, Ieyasu, 1543-1616 History of violence East India Co. Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Cie. International trade Seventeenth century History Japanese history Tokugawa Period, Japan, 1600-1868 Commerce Japan
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