ISBN:
9780415727570
Language:
English
Pages:
XI, 299 S.
,
Kt.
Series Statement:
Japan anthropology workshop series 25
Series Statement:
Japan anthropology workshop series
Uniform Title:
Tratado em que se contêm muito susinta- e abreviadamente algumas contradições e diferenças de custumes entre a gente de Europa e esta provincía de Japão. 〈engl.〉
DDC:
952/.024
Keywords:
Japan Early works to 1800 Social life and customs 1185-1600
;
Japan Early works to 1800 Description and travel
;
Europe Early works to 1800 Civilization 16th century
;
Europe Early works to 1800 Social life and customs 16th century
;
Japan Early works to 1800 Civilization 1568-1600
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Froís, Luís 1532-1597 Tratado
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Übersetzung
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Englisch
;
Japan
;
Europa
;
Kulturvergleich
;
Geschichte 1585
Abstract:
"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. "--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
