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 Luís Fróis, Richard Danford, Daniel T. Reff

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...

Luís Fróis, Richard Danford, Daniel T. Reff

312 pages • first pub 1585 (editions)

nonfiction history informative inspiring medium-paced

Description

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...

Read more

Community Reviews Summary of 6 reviews

Average rating

4.0

See all reviews...

Content Warnings

This book doesn't have any content warnings yet!

If you're the author of this book and want to add author-approved content warnings, please email us at [email protected] to request the content warning form.