Neo-Latin and Japan - (Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences) by Akihiko Watanabe (Paperback)

Name: Neo-Latin and Japan - (Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences) by Akihiko Watanabe (Paperback)
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When did the first Latin texts describing Japan emerge?
Author(s): Akihiko Watanabe
144 Pages
Language + Art + Disciplines, General
Series Name: Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences

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This monograph traces the development of Neo-Latin literature on Japan and/or authored by the Japanese from the 14th century to today. It includes an appendix of several never-before published Latin texts composed by Japanese people from the 1610s to 2024.

Book Synopsis

When did the first Latin texts describing Japan emerge? When, how and why did some Japanese people began to actively communicate in the Latin language as early as the 1580s? How did Latin, the language of the ancient Romans and a hallmark of the West (the 'European sign'), change through contact with a region and culture so remote from its home? This monograph addresses these and other questions while looking at European-authored travelogues, missionary reports, plays, a Vergilian epic and even haiku as well as Japanese-authored Latin prose and verse. Transcriptions of several never-before published Latin texts composed by the Japanese from the 1610s to 2024s are appended.

Dimensions (Overall): 9.1 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x .4 Inches (D)

Weight: .3 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 144

Genre: Language + Art + Disciplines

Sub-Genre: General

Series Title: Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences

Publisher: Brill

Format: Paperback

Author: Akihiko Watanabe

Language: English

Street Date: May 15, 2025

TCIN: 1007272079

UPC: 9789004736139

Item Number (DPCI): 247-51-0807

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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