Luis Frois : first Western accounts of Japan's gardens, cities and landscapes /
This book focuses on Luis Frois, a 16th-century Portuguese Jesuit and chronicler, who recorded his impressions of Japanese gardens, cities and building practices, tea-drinking rituals, Japans unification efforts, cultural traditions, and the many differences between Europe and Japan in remarkable ma...
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Singapore :
Springer,
[2020]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Portuguese people in Japan from 1543 to 1600
- Japanese garden art and its evolution
- Gardens and landscapes described
- Comparative analysis with Japanese sources and Portuguese information
- Concluding thoughts
- Bibliography
- Annexes
- Introduction
- Portuguese people in Japan from 1543 to 1600
- Japanese garden art and its evolution
- Gardens and landscapes described
- Comparative analysis with Japanese sources and Portuguese information
- Concluding thoughts