Find a copy in the library
Finding libraries that hold this item...
Details
| Genre/Form: | Quelle |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Kaempfer, Engelbert, 1651-1716. Kaempfer's Japan. Honolulu, Hawaii : University of Hawai'i Press, 1999 (OCoLC)607125998 Online version: Kaempfer, Engelbert, 1651-1716. Kaempfer's Japan. Honolulu, Hawaii : University of Hawai'i Press, 1999 (OCoLC)608924854 |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Engelbert Kaempfer; Beatrice M Bodart-Bailey |
| ISBN: | 0824819640 9780824819644 0824820665 9780824820664 |
| OCLC Number: | 39706983 |
| Description: | xiv, 545 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Contents: | Translator's Introduction 1 -- Notes on the Translation 22 -- Prologue 27 -- 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 33 -- Chapter 2 Departure from the Siamese Capital Ayutthaya Down the River Meinam to the Harbor, and from There across the Sea to Japan 35 -- Chapter 3 The Size and Situation of the Islands and Provinces of Japan 40 -- Chapter 4 The Division of the Japanese Empire into Large and Small Domains, and Especially General Information about Their Revenue and Government 48 -- Chapter 5 The Origin of the Inhabitants 50 -- Chapter 6 The Origin of the Japanese according to Their Own Fanciful Opinion 51 -- Chapter 7 The Climate of Japan and Its Mineral Resources 55 -- Chapter 8 The Fertility of Plants in This Country 64 -- Chapter 9 The Country's Abundance of Quadrupeds, Birds, Crawling and Flying Insects 70 -- Chapter 10 Fish and Shellfish 77 -- 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 87 -- Chapter 2 General Information about the Spiritual and True Hereditary Emperors of This Empire and the Periodization of Their Succession 88 -- 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 97 -- 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 98 -- Chapter 5 The Spiritual Hereditary Emperors Who Lived after the Birth of Yoritomo to the Present Day 99 -- Chapter 6 The Military Commanders and Secular Rulers from Yoritomo to the Present Ruler Tsunayoshi 100 -- Book 3 -- Chapter 1 Concerning the Religions of This Empire and Especially That of Shinto 103 -- Chapter 2 The Temples, Beliefs, and Worship of the Shinto Sect 106 -- Chapter 3 Shinto Reibi, That Is to Say, Lucky and Sacred Days and Their Celebration 111 -- Chapter 4 The Sangu, or Pilgrimage to Ise 117 -- Chapter 5 Yamabushi, or Mountain Priests, and Other Religions 122 -- Chapter 6 Butsu do, or Foreign Paganism, and in General about Its Founder 127 -- Chapter 7 Judo, the Teaching or the Ways of the Moralist or Philosophers 132 -- Book 4 -- Chapter 1 The Situation of the City of Nagasaki 137 -- Chapter 2 The Government of Nagasaki 148 -- 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 158 -- Chapter 4 The Temples of the City and the Activities and the Administration of the Clergy 168 -- Chapter 5 The Arrival, Reception, and Extermination of the Portuguese and Spaniards 179 -- Chapter 6 The Situation of the Dutch 187 -- Chapter 7 The Dutch Trade in This Country: Firstly, the Guilds Employed for This Purpose 201 -- Chapter 8 The Dutch Trade: Details of the Procedure 207 -- Chapter 9 The Treatment and Trade of the Chinese 224 -- Chapter 10 Some Posters, Passes, and Letters That Have Been Mentioned Above 229 -- Book 5 -- Chapter 1 Preparations for Our Journey to Court and a Description of the Local Way of Traveling 239 -- 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 247 -- Chapter 3 A General Description of Civil and Religious Buildings and Also of Other Structures That We Saw along Public Routes 253 -- Chapter 4 A Description of Post Stations, Inns, Roadside Food and Tea Stalls 262 -- Chapter 5 The Crowds of People Traveling This Highway Daily and Gaining Their Livelihood Therefrom 271 -- Chapter 6 Our Journey, That Is to Say, the Journey of the Dutch, to the Shogunal Court and the Treatment We Receive 280 -- Chapter 7 Overland Journey from Nagasaki to Kokura, Begun on February 13, 1691, Consisting of 51 1/2 Japanese Miles 288 -- Chapter 8 Voyage from Kokura to Osaka, Begun on February 17, 1691, Amounting to 140 or 150 Miles 300 -- 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 311 -- Chapter 10 The Journey from Miyako to Hamamatsu of Sixty-three Japanese Miles, Being Half the Journey to Edo, Begun on March 2nd 325 -- Chapter 11 Continuation of Our Journey from Hamamatsu Sixty Japanese Miles and Thirty-eight Streets to the Shogunal Capital of Edo 336 -- Chapter 12 Description of the City and the Castle of Edo, Some Events That Took Place There, Our Audience and Departure 351 -- Chapter 13 Return from Edo 369 -- Chapter 14 The Second Journey to the Shogun's Court 398 -- Chapter 15 Second Return Journey from Edo to Nagasaki 417 -- Appendix 1 List of Persons 439 -- Appendix 2 Money and Measurements 445. |
| Other Titles: | Heutiges Japan. |
| Responsibility: | by Engelbert Kaempfer ; edited, translated, and annotated by Beatrice M. Bodart-Bailey. |
Reviews
User-contributed reviews
Add a review and share your thoughts with other readers.
Be the first.
Add a review and share your thoughts with other readers.
Be the first.
Tags
Add tags for "Kaempfer's Japan : Tokugawa culture observed".
Be the first.
Similar Items
Related Subjects:(5)
User lists with this item (1)
- Things to Check Out(3 items)
by roknroll
