On 1 July 1859, the merchant Louis Kniffler (1827–1888) from Düsseldorf founded the first German trading house in Japan in Dejima. Kniffler was appointed Prussian Vice Consul in Nagasaki in 1861 after the Kingdom of Prussia and Japan had concluded a friendship and trade treaty in 1861. The first stay of Japanese in Dusseldorf is reported for 17 July 1862. (previous | next | back to album | 2022:06:05 18:46:14 | 92% of an album)