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Tanegashima - The Arrival of Europe in Japan
Olof G. Lidin
出版Routledge, 2003-12-16
主題History / Asia / Japan
ISBN97811357887041135788707
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=zFeQAgAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋The year 1543 marked the beginning of a new global consciousness in Japan with the arrival of shipwrecked Portuguese merchants on Tanegashima Island in southern Japan. Other Portuguese soon followed and Japan became aware of a world beyond India. After the merchants came the first missionary Francis Xavier in 1549, beginning the Christian century in Japan. This is not a new story, but it is the first time that Japanese, Portuguese and other European accounts have been brought together and presented in English. Their arrival was recorded by the Japanese in Tanegashima kafu, the Teppoki and the Kunitomo teppoki, here translated and presented together with European reports. Includes maps, and Portuguese and Japanese illustrations.