The Japonian Charters. The English and Dutch Shuinjō Author(s): Derek Massarella and Izumi K. Tytler Source: Monumenta Nipponica, Vol. 45, No. 2 (Summer, 1990), pp. 189-205 Published by: Sophia University Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/2384848 Accessed: 16-10-2019 10:51 UTC JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at https://about.jstor.org/terms Sophia University is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Monumenta Nipponica This content downloaded from 163.1.110.20 on Wed, 16 Oct 2019 10:51:13 UTC All use subject to https://about.jstor.org/terms The Japonian Charters The English and Dutch Shuinjio By DEREK MASSARELLA & IZUMI K. TYTLER O i NE of the most interesting archival discoveries concerning the earliest relations between Japan and Britain is that of the original shuinjo *W Va (vermilion-seal document) issued by Tokugawa Ieyasu [IIS, granting the English East India Company trade privileges in Japan. The docu- ment was given to John Saris, commander of the Company's Eighth Voyage, in October 1613 and is now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford.1 The discovery was made accidentally in 1985 by Professor Hayashi Nozomu 4t, Toyoko Gakuen Joshi Tanki Daigaku, and Izumi K.