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 edition of...
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Bibliographic Details
| Main Author: |
Fróis, Luís, -1597
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| Other Authors: |
Danford, Richard K., 1964-
(Editor, Translator),
Gill, Robin, 1951-
(Editor, Translator),
Reff, Daniel T., 1949-
(Editor, Translator) |
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| Format: | Book
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| Language: | English |
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| Language Notes: | Translated from the Portuguese. |
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| Published: |
London ; New York :
Routledge,
2014.
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| Series: | Japan anthropology workshop series ;
25.
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