Kaempfer's Japan : Tokugawa culture observed /

Kaempfer's Japan : Tokugawa culture observed /

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Author / Creator:Kaempfer, Engelbert, 1651-1716.
Uniform title:Heutiges Japan. English
Imprint:Honolulu, Hawaii : University of Hawai'i Press, 1999.
Description:xiv, 545 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Civilization.
Japan -- Civilization -- 1600-1868.
Japan.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6253264
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Other authors / contributors:Bodart-Bailey, Beatrice M.
ISBN:0824819640 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780824819644 (cloth : alk. paper)
0824820665 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780824820664 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 525-532) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Translator's Introduction
  • Notes on the Translation
  • Prologue
  • Book 1
  • Chapter 1. Journey from Siam to Japan and the Present State of the Siamese Court, Including a Description of the Royal Residence or Capital of Ayutthaya
  • Chapter 2. Departure from the Siamese Capital Ayutthaya Down the River Meinam to the Harbor, and from There across the Sea to Japan
  • Chapter 3. The Size and Situation of the Islands and Provinces of Japan
  • Chapter 4. The Division of the Japanese Empire into Large and Small Domains, and Especially General Information about Their Revenue and Government
  • Chapter 5. The Origin of the Inhabitants
  • Chapter 6. The Origin of the Japanese according to Their Own Fanciful Opinion
  • Chapter 7. The Climate of Japan and Its Mineral Resources
  • Chapter 8. The Fertility of Plants in This Country
  • Chapter 9. The Country's Abundance of Quadrupeds, Birds, Crawling and Flying Insects
  • Chapter 10. Fish and Shellfish
  • Book 2
  • Chapter 1. Names of the Gods, Divine Humans, and Emperors Who Are Named in the Japanese Chronicles as the First Rulers of This Empire
  • Chapter 2. General Information about the Spiritual and True Hereditary Emperors of This Empire and the Periodization of Their Succession
  • Chapter 3. The Spiritual Hereditary Emperors, and Especially and First of All Those Who Have Ruled the Japanese Empire from the Beginning of the Monarchy until the Birth of Christ
  • Chapter 4. The Spiritual Hereditary Emperors Who Lived between the Birth of Christ and the Birth of Yoritomo, the First Secular Ruler, and Ruled with Unlimited Authority
  • Chapter 5. The Spiritual Hereditary Emperors Who Lived after the Birth of Yoritomo to the Present Day
  • Chapter 6. The Military Commanders and Secular Rulers from Yoritomo to the Present Ruler Tsunayoshi
  • Book 3
  • Chapter 1. Concerning the Religions of This Empire and Especially That of Shinto
  • Chapter 2. The Temples, Beliefs, and Worship of the Shinto Sect
  • Chapter 3. Shinto Reibi, That Is to Say, Lucky and Sacred Days and Their Celebration
  • Chapter 4. The Sangu, or Pilgrimage to Ise
  • Chapter 5. Yamabushi, or Mountain Priests, and Other Religions
  • Chapter 6. Butsu do, or Foreign Paganism, and in General about Its Founder
  • Chapter 7. Judo, the Teaching or the Ways of the Moralist or Philosophers
  • Book 4
  • Chapter 1. The Situation of the City of Nagasaki
  • Chapter 2. The Government of Nagasaki
  • Chapter 3. The Government of Individual Streets and Their Inhabitants, as well as the Administration of the Surrounding Districts and Farmers by a Shogunal Official
  • Chapter 4. The Temples of the City and the Activities and the Administration of the Clergy
  • Chapter 5. The Arrival, Reception, and Extermination of the Portuguese and Spaniards
  • Chapter 6. The Situation of the Dutch
  • Chapter 7. The Dutch Trade in This Country: Firstly, the Guilds Employed for This Purpose
  • Chapter 8. The Dutch Trade: Details of the Procedure
  • Chapter 9. The Treatment and Trade of the Chinese
  • Chapter 10. Some Posters, Passes, and Letters That Have Been Mentioned Above
  • Book 5
  • Chapter 1. Preparations for Our Journey to Court and a Description of the Local Way of Traveling
  • Chapter 2. A General Description of the Condition and Location of the Route by Water and on Land from Nagasaki to the Residence at Edo
  • Chapter 3. A General Description of Civil and Religious Buildings and Also of Other Structures That We Saw along Public Routes
  • Chapter 4. A Description of Post Stations, Inns, Roadside Food and Tea Stalls
  • Chapter 5. The Crowds of People Traveling This Highway Daily and Gaining Their Livelihood Therefrom
  • Chapter 6. Our Journey, That Is to Say, the Journey of the Dutch, to the Shogunal Court and the Treatment We Receive
  • Chapter 7. Overland Journey from Nagasaki to Kokura, Begun on February 13, 1691, Consisting of 51 1/2 Japanese Miles
  • Chapter 8. Voyage from Kokura to Osaka, Begun on February 17, 1691, Amounting to 140 or 150 Miles
  • Chapter 9. Journey of Thirteen Miles from Osaka to Miyako, Begun on February 28th and Completed on the 29th, as well as a Description of Both Cities
  • Chapter 10. The Journey from Miyako to Hamamatsu of Sixty-three Japanese Miles, Being Half the Journey to Edo, Begun on March 2nd
  • Chapter 11. Continuation of Our Journey from Hamamatsu Sixty Japanese Miles and Thirty-eight Streets to the Shogunal Capital of Edo
  • Chapter 12. Description of the City and the Castle of Edo, Some Events That Took Place There, Our Audience and Departure
  • Chapter 13. Return from Edo
  • Chapter 14. The Second Journey to the Shogun's Court
  • Chapter 15. Second Return Journey from Edo to Nagasaki
  • Appendix 1. List of Persons
  • Appendix 2. Money and Measurements
  • Notes
  • Glossary of Japanese Terms
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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