In 1585, at the height of Jesuit missionary activity in Japan, long-time missionary Luis Frois drafted the earliest systematic comparison of Western and Japanese cultures. This book constitutes the first critical English-language edition of the work. The book provides a translation of the text, which covers subjects as diverse as gender, religion, medicine, music, drama and seafaring. In addition, the book includes a substantive introduction, background information and comparisons with present-day Japanese life. Overall, the book is an important primary source for understanding a particularly…mehr
In 1585, at the height of Jesuit missionary activity in Japan, long-time missionary Luis Frois drafted the earliest systematic comparison of Western and Japanese cultures. This book constitutes the first critical English-language edition of the work. The book provides a translation of the text, which covers subjects as diverse as gender, religion, medicine, music, drama and seafaring. In addition, the book includes a substantive introduction, background information and comparisons with present-day Japanese life. Overall, the book is an important primary source for understanding a particularly challenging period of history and its connection to contemporary Europe and Japan.
Luis Frois S.J. was a long-time Jesuit missionary in Japan in the later years of the sixteenth century. Daniel T. Reff is an anthropologist and Professor in the Department of Comparative Studies in the Humanities, The Ohio State University, USA Richard Danford is an Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese and Vice-President for Diversity and Inclusion at Marietta College, Ohio, USA Robin Gill is a freelance translator, author and editor, USA
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Critical Introduction Daniel T. Reff The Tratado 1. Men their Persons and their Clothing 2. Women their Persons and Customs 3. Children and their Customs 4. The Bonzes and their Customs 5. Temples Images and Things Pertaining to Worship and Religion 6. The Japanese Way of Eating and Drinking 7. Japanese Offensive and Defensive Weapons and Warfare 8. Horses 9. Diseases Doctors and Medicines 10. Japanese Writing and their Books Paper Ink and Letters 11. Houses Construction Gardens and Fruits 12. Ships Seafaring and Dogus 13. Japanese Plays Farces Dances Singing and Musical Instruments 14. Other Various and Extraordinary Things that could not be Assigned to the Previous Chapters
Critical Introduction Daniel T. Reff The Tratado 1. Men their Persons and their Clothing 2. Women their Persons and Customs 3. Children and their Customs 4. The Bonzes and their Customs 5. Temples Images and Things Pertaining to Worship and Religion 6. The Japanese Way of Eating and Drinking 7. Japanese Offensive and Defensive Weapons and Warfare 8. Horses 9. Diseases Doctors and Medicines 10. Japanese Writing and their Books Paper Ink and Letters 11. Houses Construction Gardens and Fruits 12. Ships Seafaring and Dogus 13. Japanese Plays Farces Dances Singing and Musical Instruments 14. Other Various and Extraordinary Things that could not be Assigned to the Previous Chapters
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