Engelbert Kaempfer: Heutiges Japan

Description:

Critical edition of the manuscript "Heutiges Japan" (Japan of Today), written by the German naturalist, traveller and physician Engelbert Kaempfer (1651-1715) after his return from a two years stay in Japan (1690-1692). Kaempfer's text was published after his death in English, French and Dutch translations that had a decisive influence on the European perception of Japan throughout the 18th century. The critical edition provides the first undistorted view on Kaempfer's descriptions and judgements.

subjects: Japanese geography,  Japanese history,  Japanese culture,  Japanese society,  Westerners in premodern Japan,  Dejima (Deshima),  VOC,  Tokugawa Tsunayoshi,  Edo,  Civilization,  Japan -- Civilization -- 1600-1868,  Diaries,  Correspondence,  Travel,  Botany,  History

People: Engelbert Kaempfer

Places: Siam,  Japan,  Nagasaki,  Edo,  Kyushu,  Kyoto

Times: 1690-1692