…Together with “Flora Japonica” and “Fauna Japonica,” it forms part of his trilogy. Its contents are diverse, including descriptions of Japan’s physical geography, Japanese trading posts, land and sea travel, people and the nation, a travelogue of a visit to Edo in 1826 (Bunsei 9), Japanese history, archaeology, art and science, religion, agriculture, crafts, trade, information on Japan’s neighboring countries and protectorates, Ezo, the Kuril Islands, Sakhalin, and Heilongjiang, and a description of the Ryukyu Islands. It became the basis for subsequent Western studies of Japan. A complete translation has been published, and a portion of it has been translated into Japanese as “Travelogue of a Visit to Edo.”… *Some of the terminology used in "Travels to Visit Edo" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…《日本植物誌》《日本動物誌》とともに,彼の三部作をなしている。内容は,日本の自然地理学的な記述,日本商館,陸上・海上旅行,民族と国家,1826年(文政9)の江戸参府紀行,日本の歴史・考古学・芸術と学術・宗教・農業・工芸・貿易,日本の隣国と保護国,蝦夷・千島・樺太・黒竜江の情報,琉球諸島の記述等の多岐にわたり,以後の西欧人の日本研究の基礎とされた。完訳本が刊行されており,一部は《江戸参府紀行》として邦訳されている。… ※「《江戸参府紀行》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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