# The Trading Post at Dejima

- By: anonymous
- Date: c. 1840
- Medium: paper, ink, silk
- Classification: hanging scroll
- Dimensions: height 34 cm x width 640 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/NG-1977-4--d63b07e4d30d2cc01793a21fa9413839)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/kpNyI/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

In 1641 the Dutch merchants in Japan were housed on a small fan-shaped island in Nagasaki Bay called Dejima. This handscroll affords a glimpse of the foreigners’ daily life at the post. They engage in a game of badminton, and the Japanese painter emphasized exotic aspects, including imported animals and the European custom of tipping one’s hat as a gesture of greeting.