Publication

2001 - Iudicium Verlag, Muenchen

Language

German

Word Count

401,750 words, Guess

Page Count

1,607 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • ISBN-103891299311
  • ISBN-139783891299319
  • LibraryThing1090497
  • Library of Congress Control Number2005419273
  • OCLC Control Number61246779
and 2 more

Classifications

  • LCCDS822.2 .K3 2001
  • LCCDS834.9.K24 A2 2001

Description

Critical edition of the manuscript "Heutiges Japan" (Japan of Today), written by the German naturalist, traveller and physician Engelbert Kaempfer (1651-1715) after his return from a two years stay in Japan (1690-1692). Kaempfer's text was published after his death in English, French and Dutch translations that had a decisive influence on the European perception of Japan throughout the 18th century. The critical edition provides the first undistorted view on Kaempfer's descriptions and judgements.

Description

vol. I/1 (text and critical annotations) 779pp; Vol I/2 (analysis of the background, annotations on the contents of Kaempfer's descriptions) 828pp.

Subjects

Topics

VOCTravelBotanyDiariesHistoryCivilizationCorrespondence

People

Engelbert Kaempfer

Times

1690-1692

Other Editions

  • Engelbert Kaempfer: Heutiges Japan: Engelbert Kaempfer: Werke. Kritische Ausgabe in Einzelbänden. Herausgegeben von Detlef Haberland, Wolfgang Michel, Elisabeth Gössmann.HardcoverIudicium Verlag2001-01-01

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