The first European description of Japan, 1585: a critical English-language edition of Striking Contrasts in the Customs of Europe and Japan by Luis Frois, S.J.

"In 1585, at the height of the Jesuit missionary activity in Japan, which was begun by Francis Xavier in 1549, Luis Frois, a long-time missionary in Japan, drafted the earliest systematic comparison of Western and Japanese cultures. This book constitutes the first critical English-language edit...

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1. Verfasser: Froís, Luís 1532-1597 (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Danford, Richard K. 1964- (ÜbersetzerIn), Gill, Robin 1951- (ÜbersetzerIn), Reff, Daniel T. 1949- (ÜbersetzerIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London and New York Routledge 2015
Ausgabe:First issued in paperback
Schriftenreihe:Japan anthropology workshop series [25]
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Zusammenfassung:"In 1585, at the height of the Jesuit missionary activity in Japan, which was begun by Francis Xavier in 1549, Luis Frois, a long-time missionary in Japan, drafted the earliest systematic comparison of Western and Japanese cultures. This book constitutes the first critical English-language edition of the 1585 work, the original of which was discovered in the Royal Academy of History in Madrid after the Second World War. The book provides a translation of the text, which is not a continuous narrative, but rather more than 600 distichs or brief couplets on subjects such as gender, child rearing, religion, medicine, eating, horses, writing, ships and seafaring, architecture, and music and drama. In addition, the book includes a substantive introduction and other editorial material to explain the background and also to make comparisons with present-day Japanese life. Overall, the book represents an important primary source for understanding a particularly challenging period of Japanese history and culture. "..
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:XI, 299 Seiten Karten
ISBN:9781138643321

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