 The Dutch were very keen to resume the lucrative trade with Japan which had been choked off in the wake of the dispute between Nuyts and Hamada at the behest of the Japanese authorities in Edo . All their overtures to the Japanese court failed , until they decided to extradite Pieter Nuyts to Japan for the shogun to punish him as he saw fit . This was an unprecedented step , and was representative of both the extreme official displeasure with Nuyts in the Dutch hierarchy and the strong desire to recommence Japanese trade . 
