page_title: VOC Opperhoofden in Japan
section_title: List of chief traders at Dejima
hierarchical_section_title: VOC Opperhoofden in Japan / List of chief traders at Dejima
caption_attribution_description: Japanese painting of Hendrik Doeff, beginning of the 19th century.
context_page_description: VOC Opperhoofden in Japan were the chief traders of the Dutch East India Company in Japan during the period of the Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the Edo period.
  Opperhoofd is a Dutch word which literally means 'supreme head[man]'. In its historical usage, the word is a gubernatorial title, comparable to the English chief factor, for the chief executive officer of a Dutch factory in the sense of trading post, as led by a factor, i.e. agent. The Japanese called the Dutch chief factors kapitan.
  The Dutch East India Company was established in 1602 by the States-General of the Netherlands to carry out colonial activities in Asia. The VOC enjoyed unique success in Japan, in part because of the ways in which the character and other qualities of its Opperhoofden were perceived to differ from other competitors.
context_section_description: Dejima (出島) was a fan-shaped artificial island in the bay of Nagasaki. This island was a Dutch trading post during Japan's period of maritime restrictions (海禁, kaikin, 1641–1853) during the Edo period. The serial leaders of this VOC trading enclave or "factory" at Dejima were:
  Maximiliaen Le Maire:  14 February 1641 - 30 October 1641 Le Maire was the first "new" chief trader at Dejima
  Jan van Elseracq:  1 November 1641 - 29 October 1642
  Pieter Anthoniszoon Overtwater:  29 October 1642 - 1 August 1643
  Jan van Elseracq:  1 August 1643 - 24 November 1644
  Pieter Anthonijszoon Overtwater:  24 November 1644 - 30 November 1645
  Renier van Tzum:  30 November 1645 - 27 October 1646
  Willem Verstegen [Versteijen]:  28 October 1646 - 10 October 1647
  Frederick Coyett:  3 November 1647 - 9 December 1648
  Dircq Snoecq:  9 December 1648 - 5 November 1649
  Anthonio van Brouckhorst:  5 November 1649 - 25 October 1650
  Pieter Sterthemius:  25 October 1650 - 3 November 1651
  Adriaen van der Burgh:  1 November 1651 - 3 November 1652
  Frederick Coyett:  4 November 1652 - 10 November 1653
  Gabriel Happart:  4 November 1653 - 31 October 1654
  Leonard Winninx:  31 October 1654 - 23 October 1655
  Joan Boucheljon:  23 October 1655 - 1 November 1656
  Zacharias Wagenaer [Wagener]:  1 November 1656 - 27 October 1657
  Joan Boucheljon:  27 October 1657 - 23 October 1658
  Zacharias Wagenaer [Wagener]:  22 October 1658 - 4 November 1659
  Joan Boucheljon:  4 November 1659 - 26 October 1660
  Hendrick Indijck:  26 October 1660 - 21 November 1661
  Dirck van Lier:  11 November 1661 - 6 November 1662
  Hendrick Indijck:  6 November 1662 - 20 October 1663
  Willem Volger:  20 October 1663 - 7 November 1664
  Jacob Gruijs:  7 November 1664 - 27 October 1665
  Willem Volger:  28 October 1665: - 27 October 1666
  Daniel Six:  18 October 1666 - 6 November 1667
  Constantin Ranst de Jonge:  6 November 1667 - 25 October 1668
  Daniel Six [Sicx]:  25 October 1668 - 14 October 1669
  François de Haze:  14 October 1669 - 2 November 1670
  Martinus Caesar:  2 November 1670 - 12 November 1671
  Johannes Camphuys:  22 October 1671 - 12 November 1672
  Martinus Caesar:  13 November 1672 - 29 October 1673
  Johannes Camphuys:  29 October 1673 - 19 October 1674
  Martinus Caesar:  20 October 1674 - 7 November 1675
  Johannes Camphuys:  7 November 1675 - 27 October 1676
  Dirck de Haze:  27 October 1676 - 16 October 1677
  Albert Brevincq:  16 October 1677 - 4 November 1678
  Dirck de Haas:  4 November 1678 - 24 October 1679
  Albert Brevincq:  24 October 1679 - 11 November 1680
  Isaac van Schinne:  11 November 1680 - 31 October 1681
  Hendrick Canzius:  31 October 1681 - 20 October 1682
  Andreas Cleyer:  20 October 1682 - 8 November 1683
  Constantin Ranst de Jonge:  8 November 1683 - 28 October 1684
  Hendrick van Buijtenhem:  25 October 1684 - 7 October 1685
  Andreas Cleyer:  17 October 1685 - 5 November 1686
  Constantin Ranst de Jonge:  5 November 1686 - 25 October 1687
  Hendrick van Buijtenhem:  25 October 1687 - 13 October 1688
  Cornelis van Outhoorn:  13 October 1688 - 1 November 1689
  Balthasar Sweers:  1 November 1689 - 21 October 1690
  Hendrick van Buijtenhem:  21 October 1690 - 09 November 1691
  Cornelis van Outhoorn:  9 November 1691 - 29 October 1692
  Hendrick van Buijtenhem:  29 October 1692 - 19 October 1693
  Gerrit de Heere: 19 October 1693:  - 7 November 1694
  Hendrik Dijkman:  7 November 1694 - 27 October 1695
  Cornelis van Outhoorn:  27 October 1695 - 15 October 1696
  Hendrik Dijkman:  15 October 1696 - 3 November 1697
  Pieter de Vos: 3 November 1697 - 23 October 1698
  Hendrik Dijkman:  23 October 1698 - 12 October 1699
  Pieter de Vos:  21 October 1699 - 31 October 1700
  Hendrik Dijkman:  31 October 1700 - 21 October 1701
  Abraham Douglas:  21 October 1701 - 30 October 1702
  Ferdinand de Groot:  9 November 1702 - 30 October 1703
  Gideon Tant:  30 October 1703 - 18 October 1704
  Ferdinand de Groot:  18 October 1704 - 6 November 1705
  Ferdinand de Groot:  26 October 1706 - 15 October 1707
  Hermanus Menssingh:  15 October 1707 - 2 November 1708
  Jasper van Mansdale:  2 November 1708 - 22 October 1709
  Hermanus Menssingh:  22 October 1709 - 10
caption: Hendrik Doeff and a Balinese servant in Dejima, Japanese painting.
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