Title: Engelbert Kaempfer
Subtitle: Werke. Kritische Ausgabe in Einzelbänden. Herausgegeben von Detlef Haberland, Wolfgang Michel, Elisabeth Gössmann. Engelbert Kaempfer: Heutiges Japan
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.
Subjects: Japanese geography, Japanese history, Japanese culture, Japanese society, Westerners in premodern Japan, Dejima (Deshima), VOC, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Edo, Civilization, Japan -- Civilization -- 1600-1868, Diaries, Correspondence, Travel, Botany, History
Places: Siam, Japan, Nagasaki, Edo, Kyushu, Kyoto
People: Engelbert Kaempfer
Time periods: 1690-1692