Rodrigues The Interpreter: An Early Jesuit In Japan And China
Michael Cooper
Chronicles the life of Jesuit João Rodrigues (1558-1633), who spent more than half his life in Japan and China. Rodrigues won the friendship of Japan's two succesive supreme rulers, Hideyoshi and Ieyasu; took an active role in the silk trade between China and Japan; and, serving as the principle interpreter between East and West, was for some years the most influential European in the entire country.
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Year:
1974
Publisher:
Weatherhill, Incorporated
Language:
english
Pages:
432
ISBN 10:
0834800942
ISBN 13:
9780834800946
File:
PDF, 16.09 MB
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english, 1974