The Japanese and the Jesuits: Alessandro Valignano in Sixteenth Century Japan

by J.F. Moran

Book Overview

The Japanese and the Jesuits examines the attempt by sixteenth century Jesuits to convert the Japanese to Christianity. Directing the Jesuits was the Italian Alessandro Valignano, whose own magisterial writings, many of them not previously translated or published, are the principle source material for this account of one of the most remarkable of all meetings between East and West.
Valignano arrived in Japan in 1579. In promoting Christianity,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415756073
• ISBN13: 9780415756075
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"