Название: Luis Frois: First Western Accounts of Japan's Gardens, Cities and LandscapesАвтор: Cristina Castel-Branco, Guida Carvalho
Издательство: Springer
Год: 2019
Формат: TruePDF
Страниц: 241
Размер: 15.1 Mb
Язык: English
This book focuses on Luis Frois, a 16th-century Portuguese Jesuit and chronicler, who recorded his impressions of Japanese gardens, cities and building practices, tea-drinking rituals, Japan’s unification efforts, cultural traditions, and the many differences between Europe and Japan in remarkable manuscripts almost lost to time. This research also draws on other Portuguese descriptions from contemporary sources spanning the years 1543 – 1597, later validated by Japanese history and iconography. Importantly, explorer Jorge Alvares recorded his experiences of discovery, prompting St. Francis Xavier to visit Japan in 1549, thus ushering in the “Christian Century” in Japan.
