02890nam 2200613Ia 450 991097139430332120200520144314.01-134-88112-60-585-46153-81-280-11136-40-203-03633-6(CKB)1000000000254870(EBL)168135(OCoLC)437077249(SSID)ssj0000300716(PQKBManifestationID)11226207(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000300716(PQKBWorkID)10260804(PQKB)11477858(MiAaPQ)EBC168135(Au-PeEL)EBL168135(CaPaEBR)ebr10095233(CaONFJC)MIL11136(EXLCZ)99100000000025487019920828d1993 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Japanese and the Jesuits Alessandro Valignano in sixteenth-century Japan /J.F. MoranLondon ;New York Routledge19931 online resource (261 pages) maps0-415-75607-3 0-415-08813-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-228) and index.Book Cover; The Japanese and the Jesuits; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Notes; 1 Orientation; 2 The ambassadors; 3 The Visitor; 4 Full and complete information; 5 Ships and sealing-wax; 6 The enterprise; 7 Friars from the Philippines; 8 High and low; 9 The alms from the China ship; 10 Rich and poor; 11 The press; 12 Japanese Jesuits; 13 The Japanese language; 14 Conclusion; Appendix A How land is owned and income reckoned in Japan; Appendix B How and why we got the port of Nagasaki; Notes; Bibliography; IndexThe Japanese and the Jesuits examines the attempt by sixteenth century Jesuits to convert the Japanese to Christianity. Directing the Jesuits was the Italian Alessandro Valignano, whose own magisterial writings, many of them not previously translated or published, are the principle source material for this account of one of the most remarkable of all meetings between East and West.Valignano arrived in Japan in 1579. In promoting Christianity, he always sought the support of the ruling classes, but an important part of his strategy was also to have the missionaries adapt themselvesMissionariesItalyBiographyMissionariesJapanBiographyJapanChurch historyTo 1868MissionariesMissionaries266.0092266/.252/09031952Moran J. F.1937-2006.1861111MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910971394303321The Japanese and the Jesuits4467157UNINA