2909652 Dutch VOC employee in Nagasaki, c.1700 (colour woodblock print) by Japanese School, (18th century); 44.5 ?32 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.).