The Discovery of Japan, 1543-1552.
Chandeigne| N° d'inventaire | 25684 |
| Format | 12 x 17.5 |
| Détails | 416 p., some color illustrations, paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2017 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782367321271 |
"Magellane" collection.
Edition by Xavier de Castro, preface by Rui Loureiro.
In 1543, the Portuguese were the first Europeans to land in Japan. This distant and mysterious archipelago, more or less localized since 1515, was very quickly identified with
the Cipango of Marco Polo's story (c. 1300), depicted on the Behaim globe (1492). The Portuguese immediately introduced firearms and established fruitful ties
commercial. In 1549, François Xavier and some Jesuits landed in turn and founded the Christian mission in Japan, a country of which they were the first for two years
explorers. A rich cartographic notebook traces the history of the representation of the archipelago, first in the form of the mythical Cipango, from 1459 to 1571, then of the newly discovered Japan, from its first appearance in 1550 to its almost definitive form at the beginning of the 17th century, passing through its many avatars.
The book then brings together the evocations of Cipango in Western historical sources since 1300, then of Japan in the stories narrating the meeting between the
Europeans and Japanese from 1543 to 1552. These texts, written by navigators, adventurers, and Jesuits, bear witness to the fascination of Europeans—not without incomprehension—with this new civilization, which they immediately judged superior to all those they had discovered until then. In mirror image, a Japanese text, never translated into French, recounts the arrival of these white men, with long noses and rustic manners, whom they pejoratively called the
nanban-jin , the “southern barbarians.”
"Magellane" collection.
Edition by Xavier de Castro, preface by Rui Loureiro.
In 1543, the Portuguese were the first Europeans to land in Japan. This distant and mysterious archipelago, more or less localized since 1515, was very quickly identified with
the Cipango of Marco Polo's story (c. 1300), depicted on the Behaim globe (1492). The Portuguese immediately introduced firearms and established fruitful ties
commercial. In 1549, François Xavier and some Jesuits landed in turn and founded the Christian mission in Japan, a country of which they were the first for two years
explorers. A rich cartographic notebook traces the history of the representation of the archipelago, first in the form of the mythical Cipango, from 1459 to 1571, then of the newly discovered Japan, from its first appearance in 1550 to its almost definitive form at the beginning of the 17th century, passing through its many avatars.
The book then brings together the evocations of Cipango in Western historical sources since 1300, then of Japan in the stories narrating the meeting between the
Europeans and Japanese from 1543 to 1552. These texts, written by navigators, adventurers, and Jesuits, bear witness to the fascination of Europeans—not without incomprehension—with this new civilization, which they immediately judged superior to all those they had discovered until then. In mirror image, a Japanese text, never translated into French, recounts the arrival of these white men, with long noses and rustic manners, whom they pejoratively called the
nanban-jin , the “southern barbarians.”