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- Gathers the first descriptions of 22 16th century Japanese gardens (unpublished until 1984) and compares with their present state
- Shares the Portuguese Rennaissance accounts on Japanese gardens, cities and landscapes
- Highlights the mutual interest and peaceful Japanese encounter with the West, as recorded in the Namban Screens and in Frois’s descriptions
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
During this long period of accord and reciprocal curiosity, the Portuguese wrote in excess of 1500 pages of letters to European Jesuits that detail their impressions of the island nation—not to mention their observations of powerful public figures such as Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi,and Sen no Rikyu. In addition to examining these letters, the authors translated and researched early descriptions of 23 gardens in Kyoto and Nara and 9 important cities—later visited by the authors, sketched, photographed and compared with the imagery painted on 16th-century Japanese screens.
However, the data gathered for this project was found mainly within five large volumes of Frois’ História do Japão (2500 pages) and his Treaty on Contradictions—two incomparable anthropological works that were unpublished until the mid-20th century for reasons detailed herein. His volumes continue to be explored for their insightful observations of places, cultural practices, and the formidable historical figures with whom he interacted.
Thus, this book examines the world’s first globalization efforts that resulted in profitable commerce, the introduction of Portuguese firearms that changed Japan’s history, scientific advances, religious expansion, and many artistic exchanges that have endured the centuries.
Authors and Affiliations
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Landscape Architecture Professor; Department of Natural Resources and Landscape, School of Agronomy, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Cristina Castel-Branco
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ACB Landscape Architecture Studio, Landscape Architect, MLA University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Guida Carvalho
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Luis Frois: First Western Accounts of Japan's Gardens, Cities and Landscapes
Authors: Cristina Castel-Branco, Guida Carvalho
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0018-3
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-0017-6Published: 15 October 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-0020-6Published: 15 October 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-0018-3Published: 28 September 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XLIII, 241
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 77 illustrations in colour
Topics: Architectural History and Theory, Landscape Architecture, History of Japan, Historical Geography, Arts