Tanegashima : The Arrival of Europe in Japan: 紀伊國屋書店BookWeb

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Book Data Full Description：: The year 1543 marked the beginning of a new global consciousness in Japan with the arrival of shipwrecked Portuguese merchants on Tanegashima Island in Southern Japan. Other Portuguese rapidly followed and Japan became aware of a world beyond India. The Portuguese brought with them the musket, which was quickly copied and began to change Japanese warfare and influence their unification process. After the merchants had opened the way, the first missionary, Francis Xavier, arrived in 1549 and the Christian century began. The arrival of the Portuguese was recorded in the "Tanegashima Kafu", the "Teppoki" and the "Kunitomo Teppoki", which are here translated and presented together with European reports. Special attention is given to the role of Tanegashima Island and Mendes Pinto, who wrote his famous picaresque account of Japan, the "Peregrinacam".
(Contents List)
The arrival of the Portuguese; the record of the musket; translation of the "Tanegashima Kafu"; the Tanegashima family and "Tanegashima Kafu"; the "Teppoki", "Tanegashima Kafu" and historical setting; Fernao Mendes Pinto and his four visits to Japan, according to the "Peregrinacam"; translation of the "Kunitomo Teppoki"; a discussion of "Kunitomo Teppoki"; "Teppo" production at Sakai; "Teppo" production at Negoro; the "Teppo" on Kyushu; Francis Xavier in Japan. Appendices: "Teppoki"; "Tanegashima Kafu" (partial); "Kunitomo Teppoki".

Baker&Taylor Table of Contents：

Preface                                            xi
Author's Note                                      xiii
    The Arrival of the Portuguese                  1   (35)
    The Record of the Musket (Teppoki) -- a        36  (7)
    Translation
    Translations of the Tanegashima kafu           43  (13)
    The Tanegashima Family and the Tanegashima     56  (15)
    kafu
    The Teppoki, the Tanegashima kafu and the      71  (31)
    Historical Setting
    Fernao Mendes Pinto's Four Visits to Japan,    102 (28)
    according to the Peregrinacam
    The Record of the Kunitomo Teppoki             130 (9)
    (Kunitomo teppoki) -- a Translation
    The Kunitomo Teppoki -- a Discussion           139 (10)
    Teppo Production at Sakai                      149 (5)
    Teppo Production at Negoro                     154 (3)
    The Spread of the Teppo on Kyushu              157 (7)
    Francisco (Francis) Xavier in Japan            164 (31)
  APPENDICES
      I: The Teppoki                               185 (4)
      II: The Tanegashima kafu (Partial)           189 (1)
      III: The Kunitomo Teppo                      190 (5)
Notes                                              195 (66)
Kanji Glossary                                     261 (8)
Bibliography                                       269 (20)
Index                                              289