Shogun''s Silver Telescope - God, Art, and Money in the English Quest for Japan, 1600-1625

Zusatztext The Shogun's Silver Telescope... is a rip-roaring, fact-packed ride back in time to the world of Tokugawa Ieyasu and King James I—an era when the globe was shrinking at a sails' pace... Screech's solid scholarship and light writing style introduces this world in great detail, but, unlike many academic books, keeps the narrative going at the pace of a novel. He somehow manages to weave in stories as varied as England's first shopping emporia, erotica, the genealogies of the great and good of both Japan and England, Indian art and the abductions and acculturising of unsuspecting Africans with espionage, conflict and adventure on the high seas. This is a highly recommended read for anyone with any interest whatsoever in Japanese or English history. Informationen zum Autor Timon Screech is Professor of the History of Art, SOAS, University of London. He is the author of some dozen books on the art and culture of Japan's Edo Period (1603-1868), in English and Japanese, including most recently Tokyo Before Tokyo: Power and Magic in the Shogun's City of Edo, 1590-1868 (2019). Klappentext The story of two extraordinary gifts from King James I of England to the Shogun of Japan - and what this tells us about says about the seventeenth century England from which they came and the quizzical Asian rulers to whom they were given. Zusammenfassung The story of two extraordinary gifts from King James I of England to the Shogun of Japan - and what this tells us about says about the seventeenth century England from which they came and the quizzical Asian rulers to whom they were given. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Note on Money Chronology 1: The Company, the Spice Trade, and Japan 2: Preparing London 3: Sending the Telescope 4: The Cargo of the New Year's Gift 5: Japan and Back 6: The English Factory in Japan 7: The Cargo of the New Year's Gift in Japan 8: The Company Must Decide Appendix: List of Company Voyages Notes Bibliography ...

Product details

• Authors: Timon Screech, Timon (Professor of the History of Art Screech, Screech Timon
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.10.2020
• EAN: 9780198832034
• ISBN: 978-0-19-883203-4
• No. of pages: 326
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; European History, HISTORY / Asia / General, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Modern / 16th Century, HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century, General & world history, c 1500 onwards to present day, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, History of Art, British & Irish history, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Asian History, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, General and world history, C 1600 To C 1700, History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800, ART / History / European / Baroque & Rococo