2909651 The island of Deshima, c.1833-46 (silk painting) by Kawahara Keiga (b.1786, c.1860); 51.3x75.5 cm; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; (add.info.: The Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, VOC) trading company flourished in the 17th and 18th centuries with an Asian capital at Batavia, now Jakarta, in Java. As part of the \'sakoku\' self-imposed isolationist policy to constrain foreign traders, an isolated island outpost at Deshima, Nagasaki allowed limited trade with Japan. Originally built to house Portuguese traders, the crescent shaped island became a Dutch trading post from 1641 to 1853.).