Luis Frois: First Western Accounts of Japan's Gardens, Cities and Landscapes

by Cristina Castel-Branco and Guida Carvalho

Book Overview

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, Japan's unification efforts, cultural traditions, and the many differences between Europe and Japan in remarkable manuscripts almost lost to time. This research also draws on other Portuguese descriptions from contemporary sources spanning the years 1543 - 1597, later...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811500207
• ISBN13: 9789811500206
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 241 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"