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Hendrik Doeff (2 December 1764 – 19 October 1837) was the Dutch commissioner in the Dejima trading post in Nagasaki, Japan, during the first years of the 19th century. ==Biography== Doeff was born in Amsterdam. As a young man, he sailed to Japan as a scribe for the Dutch East India Company. He became chief of the Dejima post in 1803, succeeding Willem Wardenaar, who was Director from 1800 to 1803. Doeff remained in Japan until 1817, when Jan Cock Blomhoff succeeded him. After Britain captured the Dutch colony in Indonesia in 1811, Dejima became the only place in the world flying the Dutch flag. Doeff steadfastly defended against British attempts to take over the Dejima post. The Netherlands was restored in 1815, and Doeff was later decorated for his loyalty and courage. Doeff wrote a Dutch-Japanese dictionary, and a memoir of his experiences in Japan, titled ''Recollections of Japan''. He was notable for his strong activity in maintaining the Dutch trade monopoly in Japan. He is the first westerner known to have written haiku, two of which have been found in Japanese publications from the period of his stay in Japan.〔(Max Verhart, "Haiku in the Netherlands and Flanders" ), German Haiku Society website〕〔Otterspeer, W. ''Leiden Oriental Connections, 1850-1940'', Volume 5 of ''Studies in the History of Leiden University'', Brill, 1989, ISBN 978-90-04-09022-4. p 360〕 One of his haiku: :イナヅマ ノ カヒナ :Inadsma no Kaÿna :ヲ カラン クサ :Wo karan Koesa :マクラ :Makura. :lend me your arms, :fast as thunderbolts, :for a pillow on my journey 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hendrik Doeff」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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