| Description |
1 online resource (230 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; THE FURTHEST GOAL: ENGELBERT KAEMPFER'S ENCOUNTER WITH TOKUGAWA JAPAN; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE Introduction: The Furthest Goal; CHAPTER TWO Writing The History of Japan; CHAPTER THREE The Interpreter Interpreted: Kaempfer's Japanese Collaborator Imamura Genemon Eisei; CHAPTER FOUR Forgotten Practices of the Past: Kaempfer's Strange Description of the Japanese Emperor; CHAPTER FIVE The Plants that Carry His Name: Engelbert Kaempfer's Study of the Japanese Flora |
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CHAPTER SIX The History of The History: The Purchase and Publication of Engelbert Kaempfer's The History of JapanCHAPTER SEVEN Changing the Image: The Drawings and Prints of Kaempfer's The History of Japan; CHAPTER EIGHT Epilogue: Inquisitive and Intelligent Men; References; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This important study brings together some of the best current research on Kaempfer (author of the History of Japan, also published by Curzon) for the first time and includes a close analysis of 6 key topics from the writing of the History to an interpretation of the interpreter himself |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Massarella, Derek
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| ISBN |
9781136637766 |
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1136637761 |
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