Author: Jajirō MurnkamiPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Letters Written by the English Residents in Japan, 1611-1623
Author: Jajirō MurnkamiLetters Written by the English Residents in Japan, 1611-1623
Author: Naojirō MurakamiPublisher:
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Category : British
Languages : en
Pages : 307
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Letters Written by the English Residents in Japan, 1611-1623
Author: Naojiro MurakamiPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780282751661
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Excerpt from Letters Written by the English Residents in Japan, 1611-1623: With Other Documents on the English Trading Settlement in Japan in Seventeenth Century In 1611, having heard from the newly arrived Dutch merchants of the establishment of an En glish factory in_java, Adams wrote a letter address ed to his unknown countrymen, asking them to inform his wife and friends in England of himself he also described in this letter the fair prospects of the Japan trade. Before this reached England, however, the East India Company had already decided upon founding a trading settlement in Japan, and sent a fleet under command of Captain John Saris. The Clove arr1ved at Hirado on the 1lth of June, ' 1613. The desired privileges were granted by the government, and a factory was established at Hirado, with Richard Cocks as the chief merchant, and Adams as one of the mem bers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Letters Written by the English Residents in Japan, 1611-1623
Author: K. MurakawaHildreth's "Japan as it was and Is"
Author: Richard HildrethPublisher:
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Category : Japan
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description
The English Factory in Japan, 1613-1623
Author: Anthony FarringtonPublisher:
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 858
Book Description
早稻田大學圖書館洋書目錄
Author: The Christian Century in Japan, 1549-1650
Author: Charles Ralph BoxerPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN:
Category : Japan
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Japan as it was and is
Author: Richard HildrethPublisher:
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Category : Japan
Languages : en
Pages : 646
Book Description
The Invention of Religion in Japan
Author: Jason Ananda JosephsonPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226412350
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
A study of how Japan once had no concept of “religion,” and what happened when officials were confronted by American Commodore Perry in 1853. Throughout its long history, Japan had no concept of what we call “religion.” There was no corresponding Japanese word, nor anything close to its meaning. But when American warships appeared off the coast of Japan in 1853 and forced the Japanese government to sign treaties demanding, among other things, freedom of religion, the country had to contend with this Western idea. In this book, Jason Ananda Josephson reveals how Japanese officials invented religion in Japan and traces the sweeping intellectual, legal, and cultural changes that followed. More than a tale of oppression or hegemony, Josephson’s account demonstrates that the process of articulating religion offered the Japanese state a valuable opportunity. In addition to carving out space for belief in Christianity and certain forms of Buddhism, Japanese officials excluded Shinto from the category. Instead, they enshrined it as a national ideology while relegating the popular practices of indigenous shamans and female mediums to the category of “superstitions” —and thus beyond the sphere of tolerance. Josephson argues that the invention of religion in Japan was a politically charged, boundary-drawing exercise that not only extensively reclassified the inherited materials of Buddhism, Confucianism, and Shinto to lasting effect, but also reshaped, in subtle but significant ways, our own formulation of the concept of religion today. This ambitious and wide-ranging book contributes an important perspective to broader debates on the nature of religion, the secular, science, and superstition. Praise for The Invention of Religion in Japan “The Invention of Religion in Japan is truly revolutionary. Original, well researched, and engrossing, it overturns basic assumptions in the study of Japanese thought, religion, science, and history. . . . This book will absolutely reshape the field.” —Sarah Thal, University of Wisconsin-Madison “Written with remarkable clarity, this book makes an excellent contribution to the study of the interface of traditional Japanese religions and politics. Highly recommended.” —Choice “The range of Japanese primary sources consulted in his book is prodigious, as is his familiarity and usage of multidisciplinary theoretical works. . . . Josephson’s book is erudite, informative, and interesting. It should be a worthwhile read for Japan scholars as well as scholars and students interested in religious studies theory and history.” —H-Shukyo