Title Japanese travellers in sixteenth-century Europe : a dialogue concerning the mission of the Japanese ambassadors to the Roman Curia (1590) / edited and annotated with an introduction by Derek Massarella ; translated by J.F. Moran

Published London : Ashgate, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations, maps Series Hakluyt Society. Third series Hakluyt Society, Third Series Contents COVER; CONTENTS; FIGURES AND MAPS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; A NOTE ON CURRENCY; ROMANIZATION OF JAPANESE ANDCHINESE NAMES; INTRODUCTION; Background to De Missione; Objectives of the Embassy and the Individuals Chosen; Publication of De Missione; Authorship of De Missione; Sources of De Missione; Contextualizing De Missione; Evaluating De Missione and the Tenshō Embassy; The Boys after their Return to Japan; Conclusion; A DIALOGUE CONCERNING THE MISSION OF THE JAPANESE AMBASSADORS TO THE ROMAN CURIA; Imprimatur; Nihil obstat Alessandro Valignano of the Society of Jesus to the pupils of the Japanese seminaries.Duarte de Sande to Claudio Aquviva, Superior General of the Society of Jesus; Contents of these Colloquia; Colloquium I: The reasons for the Japanese embassy; Colloquium II: The journey from Japan to Macao, the gateway to China, and from there to the Straits of Singapore; Colloquium III: The approach to the city of Malacca, in the Golden Chersonese, and from there to the city of Cochin, in Nearer India; Colloquium IV: The coming of the Portuguese to India, and the spread of the Portuguese empire Colloquium V: About the Indian race, and the houses of the Society in IndiaColloquium VI: The Voyage from India to Portugal; Colloquium VII: About the things of Europe in general, and firstly of the sacred or ecclesiastical monarchy, and other lower ranks; Colloquium VIII: About the secular monarchy, and various dignities belonging to it; Colloquium IX: Of the splendour and opulence of the kings and rulers of Europe in what concerns the treatment of the body, food, and accommodation, and of their great costs and expenses Colloquium X: Of the multitude of servants and the pomp which the princes of Europe use at home and abroadColloquium XI: About the agreeable and honourable exercises which the nobles of Europe engage in, and of the noble education of their children; Colloquium XII: The arrangements and customs of Europeans with regard to the administration of kingdoms and republics; Colloquium XIII: Of the wars which are usually waged in Europe, the way of setting up an army, and land battles; Colloquium XIV: Of the naval battles in which they usually engage in Europe Colloquium XV: Of the size of the cities, the splendour of the churches, and the magnificence of other buildingsColloquium XVI: Reverting to the account of the journey, with a description of Lisbon, capital of the kingdom of Portugal; Colloquium XVII: Which gives an account of the things which took place in Lisbon, and then in Évora and Vila Viçosa, and then proceeds into the kingdom of Castile, to Toledo and to Mantua Carpetana or Madrid Summary In 1582 Alessandro Valignano, the Visitor to the Jesuit mission in the East Indies, sent four Japanese boys to Europe. Until the arrival of the embassy in Europe, the Euro-Japanese encounter had been almost exclusively one way: Europeans going to Japan. This book is an account of their travels, their long journeys out and back, and the 20 months in Europe being received by popes and kings. It was published in Macao in 1590 with the title De Missione Legatorvm Iaponensium ad Romanum curiam. The present edition is the first complete version of this rich, complex and impressive work to appear in Notes Title from PDF title page (viewed on Dec. 4, 2012) Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English translation of colloquia originally translated into Latin from the Japanese Subject Catholic Church SUBJECT Catholic Church fast Subject POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General. International relations SUBJECT Japan -- Relations -- Europe Europe -- Relations -- Japan Subject Europe Japan Form Electronic book Author Moran, J. F., 1937-2006. Massarella, Derek, 1950- LC no. 2012026020 ISBN 9781409452645 1409452646 1351814370 9781351814379 1315212005 9781315212005 1283738953 9781283738958

Other Titles De missione legatorvm Iaponensium ad Romanam Curiam. English

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