基本説明
全2万項目にて社会、産業、科学などの文明と日本史をカバー。宗教、物質文化、芸術に重点。3千の名詞は漢字表記付。仏語版1996年刊。
New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2002. Translated by Käthe Roth. "Frédéric's excellent, comprehensive, reasonably priced brief entry resource in intended for readers interested in virtually all aspects of Japanese studies." ---K. W. Berger, Choice.