WI: Dutch defect to Japan during Napoleonic Wars

Make a situation where Japan accepts the Dutch merchants, entrepreneurs, administrators and sailors as its own people during the Napoleonic wars because of a situation- for example, the British attacks toward Japan.
We are assuming, however, that Japan will be much less xenophobic than IOTL.
 
Well, for a while Deshima in Japan was the only part of the Netherlands left in the world. Brittain occupied the Dutch colonies and France had annexed the Netherlands proper. I am not sure if that is close enough to what you want.
 
You need to change things in Japan to keep it from closing itself off, however in doing that you'd have enough butterflies that Napoleon would probably never even be born.
 
Well, for a while Deshima in Japan was the only part of the Netherlands left in the world. Brittain occupied the Dutch colonies and France had annexed the Netherlands proper. I am not sure if that is close enough to what you want.
I already had that in mind and was wondering if it could be pursued further- by the British actually launching against Deshima, forcing the Dutch to flee inland or face persecution.
 
I already had that in mind and was wondering if it could be pursued further- by the British actually launching against Deshima, forcing the Dutch to flee inland or face persecution.

Why would the British launch an invasion against sovereign Japanese territory (Deijima was never legally part of the Netherlands nor ever even de facto under Dutch control) just to get hold of a single tiny trading post?
 
I already had that in mind and was wondering if it could be pursued further- by the British actually launching against Deshima, forcing the Dutch to flee inland or face persecution.

The British acted against Dutch colonies during the Napoleonic Wars to deny Napoleon access to them. South Africa, the campaigns in the Eastern Med (actually having nothing to do with the Dutch), and the seizure of major ports in the Dutch East Indies was all about protecting the British holdings in India.

Japan is very much nowhere close to India, or anything really remotely of importance that could threaten the British.
 
The Dutch could not leave the island, except IIRC once a year to journey in a closed convoy to the emperor. Contact with them with greatly restricted and praising or disseminating Dutch learning could get you exiled, or worse.

That's the problem you are going to have to overcome

Best Regards
Grey Wolf
 
The Dutch could not leave the island, except IIRC once a year to journey in a closed convoy to the emperor. Contact with them with greatly restricted and praising or disseminating Dutch learning could get you exiled, or worse.

That's the problem you are going to have to overcome

Best Regards
Grey Wolf
If the Dutch impact was so restricted in Japan, would it be safe to assume that Rangaku was very limited within Japan and did not have much impact?
 
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