Memorials of the Empire of Japon in the XVI and XVII Centuries / edited by Thomas Rundall.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rundall, Thomas, editor.

Series:

Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 8.

Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

British--Japan.

British.

Japan--Foreign relations--To 1868.

Japan.

Physical Description:

1 v. (various pagings).

Edition:

1st edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The volume includes documents, including a description of Japan in the sixteenth century from Harleian mss. 6249, and the letters of William Adams, 1611-17, edited and annotated, and a summary of a narrative by His Excellancy Don Rodrigo de Vivero y Velasco of his residence in the empire, 1608-1610. The supplementary material includes the 1849 annual report. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1850.

Contents:

part PART I A DESCRIPTION OF THE EMPIRE

chapter THE KINGDOME OF JAPONIA

part PART II THE LETTERS OF WILLIAM ADAMS

chapter LETTERS OF WILLIAM ADAMS

chapter NOTES

chapter APPENDIX

chapter DIRECTIONS FOR THE BINDER.

Notes:

First published 2010 by Ashgate Publishing.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

1-317-09780-7

1-317-09781-5

1-315-59484-6

1-282-89030-1

9786612890307

1-4094-1513-9

9781315594842

OCLC:

698588788