Query: Qui era Isaac Titsingh?
Context: Un altre important intent per apropar la història del Japó i la mítica figura del shogun al públic occidental va ser el d'Isaac Titsingh, un comerciant neerlandès representant de la Companyia Holandesa de les Índies Orientals al Japó entre 1779 i 1784. Titsingh va escriure tres llibres relatius al Japó i en aquest tema sobresurt Illustrations of Japan; consisting of Private Memoirs and Anecdotes of the reigning Dynasty of The Djogouns, or sovereigns of Japan; a description of the feasts and Ceremonies observed throughout the year at their Court; and of the Ceremonies Customary at Marriages and funerals: to which are subjoined, observations on the legal suicide of the Japanese, remarks on their poetry, an explanation of their mode of Reckoning time, particulars respecting the Dosi powder, the preface of a work by Confoutzee on filial piety, &amp; c. &amp; c., resumit com Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns en anglès, el qual aborda breument la història del govern del shogunat Tokugawa, fent èmfasi des de Ietsuna fins a Ienari.