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Isaac Titsingh
Isaac Titsingh FRS ( January 1745 in Amsterdam – 2 February 1812 in Paris) was a Dutch scholar, merchant-trader and ambassador.
During a long career in East Asia, Titsingh was a senior official of the Dutch East India Company (). He represented the European trading company in exclusive official contact with Tokugawa Japan, traveling to Edo twice for audiences with the "shōgun" and other high "bakufu" officials. He was the Dutch and VOC governor general in Chinsura, Bengal. Titsingh worked
"): Masatsuna dies.
- 1807 ("Bunka 4"): Isaac Titsingh sends his last letter to Masatsuna from Europe, not knowing that his old friend had died some years earlier. Titsingh's decided to dedicate his translation of Nihon Ōdai Ichiran to Masatsuna.
Selected work.
Kutsuki's published writings encompass 8 works in 12 publications in 1 language and 25 library holdings.
- 1781 --
- 1785 -- ; note that only one copy known to exist.
- 1787 -- , also