Portuguese Merchants and Missionaries in Feudal Japan, 1543-1640

The relationship between God and Mammon forms a recurring theme in this volume, the third collection of Professor Boxer's articles to be published by Variorum.

List of contents

Contents: Introduction; The affair of the 'Madre de Deus' (A chapter in the history of the Portuguese in Japan); The swan-song of the Portuguese in Japan, 1635-1639; Portuguese commercial voyages to Japan three hundred years ago (1630-1639); Hosokawa Tadaoki and the Jesuits, 1587-1645; Some aspects of Portuguese influence in Japan, 1542-1640; Padre João Rodriguez Tçuzu, S.J., and his Japanese grammars of 1604 and 1620; Friar Juan Pobre of Zamora and his lost and found 'Ystoria' of 1598-1603 (Lilly MS. MB 617); The Japanese Christians of Faifo and the transference of Fr. Pedro de Zúñiga's relics to Manila in 1651; When the twain first met: European conceptions and misconceptions of Japan, 16th-18th centuries; Index.

Product details

• Authors: C R Boxer, C.R. Boxer
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.01.1986
• EAN: 9780860781806
• ISBN: 978-0-86078-180-6
• No. of pages: 344
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 658 g
• Series: Variorum Collected Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Japan, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Social and cultural history, Asian History, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, C 1600 To C 1700