Visiting Research Scholar
Cynthia VIALLE
Degree/Brief Employment Record:
- 1984
- M.A., University of Amsterdam
- 1993
- Researcher, Leiden University
- 2011 -
- Visiting Research Scholar, International Research Center for Japanese Studies
Specialized Fields:
History of European Expansion, in particular in Asia
Current Research Themes:
From Holland to Edo: The Dutch East India Company’s Gift-giving in Tokugawa Japan
The Dutch East India Company’s Trade in Japanese Lacquer
Major Publications:
- 2011
- “Japanese Lacquer Cabinets in the Records of the Dutch East India Company”, Japanische Lackkunst für Bayerns Fürsten. Die Japanischen Lackmöbel der Staatlichen Münzsammlung München, München: Staatlichen Münzsammlung.
- 2010
- The Deshima Dagregisters, Vol. XIII, 1660–1670, Leiden: Institute for the History of European Expansion.
- “Fit for Kings and Princes: A gift of Japanese lacquer”, Nagazumi Yōko (ed.), Large and Broad. The Dutch Impact on Early Modern Asia. Essays in honor of Leonard Blussé, Tokyo: The Toyo Bunko, pp.188-222.
- 2009
- The Canton-Macao Dagregisters 1764 (co-authored), Macau: Instituto Cultural do Governo da R.A.E. de Macau.
- 2004
- The Deshima Diaries -Marginalia 1740-1800, Tokyo: The Japan-Netherlands Institute.
