Research Catalog

Title

Tanegashima : the arrival of Europe in Japan / Olof G. Lidin.

Author

Lidin, Olof G., 1926-2018.

Publication

Copenhagen : NIAS Press, 2002.

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Additional Authors

Nordic Institute of Asian Studies.

Description

xiv, 304 p. : ill., maps, ports.; 23 cm.

Summary

"The year 1543 market the beginning of a new global consciousness in Japan with the arrival of storm-blown Portuguese merchants on Tanegashima Island in southern Japan. Other Portuguese rapidly followed and Japan became aware of a world beyond India. The Portuguese brought with them the musket, which was quickly copied and began to change Japanese warfare. Francis Xavier arrived in 1549 and Other Christian missionaries soon after. This is not a new story but it is the first time that Japanese, Portuguese and other European accounts have been brought together and presented in English."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Nordic Institute of Asian Studies monograph series ; no. 90

Uniform Title

Nordic Institute of Asian Studies monograph series ; no. 90.

Subject

• Portuguese > Tanegashima > History > 16th century
• Weapons > Japan > History
• Portuguese > Tanegashima > History > 16th century > Sources
• Weapons > Japan > History > Kamakura-Momoyama periods, 1185-1600
• Tanegashima (Japan) > History > 16th century
• Japan > Western influences
• Japan > Civilization > 1185-1600
• Japan > Religion > To 1600
• Japan > Western influences > Sources
• Japan > Civilization > 1185-1600 > Sources
• Japan > Religion > To 1600 > Sources

Genre/Form

• History
• Sources.
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-287) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Ch. 1. The Arrival of the Portuguese -- Ch. 2. The Record of the Musket (Teppoki) -- a Translation -- Ch. 3. Translations of the Tanegashima kafu -- Ch. 4. The Tanegashima Family and the Tanegashima kafu -- Ch. 5. The Teppoki, the Tanegashima kafu and the Historical Setting -- Ch. 6. Fernao Mendes Pinto's Four Visits to Japan, according to the Peregrinacam -- Ch. 7. The Record of the Kunitomo Teppoko (Kunitomo teppoki) -- a Translation -- Ch. 8. The Kunitomo Teppoki -- a Discussion -- Ch. 9. Teppo Production at Sakai -- Ch. 10. Teppo Production at Negoro -- Ch. 11. The Spread of the Teppo on Kyushu -- Ch. 12. Francisco (Francis) Xavier in Japan -- App. I. The Teppoki -- App. II. The Tanegashima kafu (Partial) -- App. III. The Kunitomo Teppo -- Kanji Glossary.

ISBN

• 0700716742
• 8791114101 (cloth)
• 8791114128 (pbk.)

OCLC

50301343

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library