200 years ago what negative stereotypes did the Japanese attach to the Dutch?

by grapp

That title must seem such a non sequitur to anyone who doesn't have the context that Edo Japan's only major western trading partner were the Dutch

Forma313

I'm not sure this counts as a proper answer, but if the netsuke of the Edo period are anything to go by, the stereotypes ran in the direction of big hats, big noses, and a fondness for (eating?) animals.

Dutchman holding dog

Dutchman holding his rooster

Dutchman with a dead deer

A rather dopey looking Dutchman who appears to have lost his animal EDIT: apparently that one's 20th century.

Another Dutchman holding his rooster, something Freudian going on there?*

*yes, yes i know, this joke probably does not work in Japanese.