Zhapu in Zhejiang as a Trading Port for Japan and Domestic Coastal Region During Qing Era MATSUURA Akira The relationship between Qing Dynasty China and Japan continued over an extended period of time through Chinese ships sailing to Nagasaki. Representative of the ports of departure for these Chinese sailing ships was, in the early stages, Ningbo in Zhejiang Province, with Zhapu, also in Zhejiang Province, also focused on from around the end of the 17th century to the beginning of the 18th century. Later, from the end of the first half of the 18th century to the 1860s, Zhapu can in fact be considered the Chinese port that was the main base of trade with Japan. The function of Zhapu as a port of trade with Japan in this way is emphasized in conventional research, but its important function as a port for coastal trade within China has been overlooked. Therefore, this paper begins the discussion of the relation between Zhapu and Japan starting from the Middle Age era of the Japanese pirates. It describes the fact of Zhapu not only functioning as a trade port with Japan during the Qing Dynasty but also that it was an important port for coastal trade in China, and, as one example of this, illustrates the relation between Zhapu and Chinese coastal trade as a method of clarifying why typical China-made sugar exported to Japan was stockpiled in Zhapu.
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