First European Description of Japan, 1585: A Critical English-Language Edition of Striking Contrasts in the Customs of Europe and Japan by Luis Frois Sj, with a Critical Introduction by Daniel T Reff, The: A Critical English-Language Edition of Strikin... by Daniel T. Reff, Luís Fróis, Richard Danford

First European Description of Japan, 1585: A Critical English-Language Edition of Striking Contrasts in the Customs of Europe and Japan by Luis Frois Sj, with a Critical Introduction by Daniel T Reff, The: A Critical English-Language Edition of Strikin...
Daniel T. Reff, Luís Fróis, Richard Danford

312 pages • first pub 1585 (view editions)

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In 1585, at the height of Jesuit missionary activity in Japan, which was begun by Francis Xavier in 1549, Luis Frois, a long-time missionary in Japan, drafted the earliest systematic comparison of Western and Japanese cultures. This book constitut...