THIS ROOM WAS USED AS A MUSIC ROOM AND A GAME ROOM. AFTER DINNER, GUESTS WOULD
GATHER FOR ENTERTAINMENT. SIMONE CHOUKE WOULD PLAY THE PIANO AND ANA MARIA DE
SOUZA WOULD SING. OTHER GUESTS WOULD JOIN IN EITHER WITH OTHER INSTRUMENTS OR BY
SINGING. CARD TABLES WOULD BE SET UP. MEN WOULD PLAY POKER OR BACKGAMMON, AND
REAL MONEY WOULD CHANGE HANDS. WOMEN WOULD PLAY CANASTA OR OTHER CARD GAMES.
BOTH MEN AND WOMEN WOULD PLAY BRIDGE. COFFEE, TEA OR AFTER DINNER DRINKS WOULD
BE SERVED. IT WAS QUITE A SOCIAL AND HAPPY TIME.
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| SOME HELPFUL DATES |
| 1542: |
THREE PORTUGUESE SHIPS LAND IN JAPAN AS THE FIRST EUROPEANS TO VISIT JAPAN. |
| 1549: |
FRANCIS XAVIER, A BASQUE, ARRIVES IN KAGOSHIMA TO TEACH CHRISTIANITY. |
| 1609: |
JACOB GROENNEWEGEN, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF WILLIAM ADAMS OPENS DUTCH FACTORY IN HIRADO. |
| 1624: |
KAXINGA, TAIWANESE HERO AND MING GENERAL, IS BORN IN HIRADO. |
| 1637-1639: |
DUTCH BUILD STONE WAREHOUSES IN HIRADO. |
| 1639: |
THE TOKUGAWA SHOGUNATE OUTLAWS FOREIGN TRADE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE DUTCH. MISSIONARIES ARE BANNED. |
| 1641: |
DUTCH FACTORY IS RELOCATED TO DEJIMA IN NAGASAKI HARBOR. |
| 1739: |
RUSSIAN SHIPS, “ARCHANGEL MIKHAIL” AND “SAINT GEORGE” CALL ON JAPANESE PORTS. |
| 1792: |
RUSSIANS SIGN A VAGUE TREATY ALLOWING ANNUAL VISITS TO NAGASAKI. |
| 1804: |
RUSSIAN NAVAL SHIP, “NADEZHDA” (HOPE) ARRIVES IN NAGASAKI UNDER CAPT. KRUSENSTERN AND CARRYING AMBASSADOR NIKOLARI PETROVICH RESANOV. NO TREATY. |
| 1853: |
EXCLUSIVITY OF DUTCH ENDS WITH THE ARRIVAL IN EDO OF COMMODORE MATTHEW PERRY. |
NATIONALITIES REPRESENTED IN THIS ROOM:
BRITISH, CHINESE, INDONESIAN, JAPANESE, DUTCH, PORTUGUESE AND RUSSIAN. |
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