05643nam 2200685Ia 450 991046223600332120200520144314.01-351-81437-01-315-21200-51-283-73895-31-4094-5264-6(CKB)2670000000278204(EBL)1068884(OCoLC)818846525(SSID)ssj0000759626(PQKBManifestationID)12266156(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000759626(PQKBWorkID)10800188(PQKB)11264619(MiAaPQ)EBC1068884(Au-PeEL)EBL1068884(CaPaEBR)ebr10620912(CaONFJC)MIL405145(EXLCZ)99267000000027820420120725d2012 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrJapanese travellers in sixteenth-century Europe[electronic resource] 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. MoranFarnham, Surrey, England ;Burlington, VT Ashgate For the Hakluyt Society20121 online resource (504 p.)Hakluyt Society. Third seriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-908145-03-X Includes bibliographical references and index.COVER; CONTENTS; FIGURES AND MAPS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; A NOTE ON CURRENCY; ROMANIZATION OF JAPANESE AND CHINESE 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 obstatAlessandro 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 empireColloquium V: About the Indian race, and the houses of the Society in India Colloquium 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 expensesColloquium X: Of the multitude of servants and the pomp which the princes of Europe use at home and abroad Colloquium 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 EuropeColloquium XV: Of the size of the cities, the splendour of the churches, and the magnificence of other buildings Colloquium 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 MadridColloquium XVIII: Of the power of King Philip of Spain, and the oath by which the nobles of the kingdom swore allegiance to his son as his successor, and of the visit which the ambassadors made to bothIn 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 appearHakluyt Society, Third SeriesInternational relationsJapanRelationsEuropeEuropeRelationsJapanElectronic books.International relations.327.520456/3409031Sande Duarte de1531-1600.847985Massarella Derek1950-847986MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462236003321Japanese travellers in sixteenth-century Europe1893822UNINA