出で島じま

noun

Dejima; artificial island trading post in Nagasaki

Historical term for the fan-shaped artificial island in Nagasaki harbor, used as a Dutch (and earlier Portuguese) trading post during Japan's period of national isolation (1634–1854).

• 出で島じまは鎖さ国こく時じ代だいの日本にほんで唯ゆい一いつの西せい洋ようとの窓まど口ぐちだった。

  Dejima was Japan's only window to the West during the period of national isolation.