Edo Japan encounters the world : conversations between Donald Keene and Shiba Ryotaro /
Keene, Donald,author.
Shiba, Ryōtarō,1923-1996,author.
Gonzalez, Tony,translator.
Keene, Donald.Works.Selections.English.2018.
Shiba, Ryōtarō,1923-1996.Works.Selections.English.2018.
Shuppan Bunka Sangyō Shinkō Zaidan,publisher.
Includes index.
"This book is a translation of 'Sekai no naka no nihon : Jūroku seiki made sakanobotte miru' from the Collected Works of Donald Keene, Vol. 9; 'Donarudo kīn chosakushū dai 9 kan sekai no naka no nihonbunka' published by Shinchosha Publishing Co., Ltd in 2013. It was originally published by Chuokoron-Shinsha, Inc., in hardback pocket format in 1992 and as a paperback edition in 1996, and is still in print. The contents comprise three dialogues held at Hyōtei near Nanzenji-Temple, Kyoto and an unspecified location in Osaka in 1989, and at Kohōan in Daitokuji-Temple, Kyoto in 1990"--title page verso.
The Dutch arrive -- Japanese views of the early modern era -- Meiji melancholy -- An era for the masses -- Japanese language in literature -- The Japanese and the absolute -- Japan as a member of the global community.
Keene, Donald
Shiba, Ryōtarō, 1923-1996
Sekai no naka no Nihon bunka.