People

Brief introductions to selected Dutch diplomats in Japan: Donker Curtius, De Graeff van Polsbroek, Pabst, Van de Polder.

Jan Hendrik Donker Curtius

People
1. Jan Hendrik Donker Curtius

The last Opperhoofd and the first Dutch diplomatic representative in Japan.

Dirk de Graeff van Polsbroek, ca. 1869

People
2. Dirk de Graeff van Polsbroek

The first Dutch consul in Japan. Arguably the most consequential diplomat the Netherlands has had in Japan.

Jichinsai of the Residence of the Embassy of the Netherlands, Tokyo, 1927

People
4. Jean Charles Pabst

The Dutch envoy in Japan from 1923 through 1942. Pabst experienced the Great Kanto Earthquake and the start of WWII hostilities between Japan and the Netherlands.

Léon van de Polder, 1908

People
3. Léon van de Polder

The longest serving Dutch diplomat in Japan.