"Travel Diary of a Visit to Edo"

Japanese: 《江戸参府旅行日記》 - えどさんぷりょこうにっき
"Travel Diary of a Visit to Edo"

…This book was the first to accurately describe Japan, which had previously been depicted as a world of imagination, and to introduce it to the European reading public. In addition to the Japanese translation of “Nihonshi: Japanese History and Travelogue,” there are abridged translations of “Kempfer's Edo Pilgrimage Travelogue” (included in “Ikoku Sosho”) and “Edo Pilgrimage Travel Diary” (included in “Toyo Bunko”). [Kazuo Katagiri]. …

*Some of the terminology used in "Edo Pilgrimage Travel Diary" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…それまでほとんど想像の世界として描かれていた日本を,はじめて正確に記述してヨーロッパの読書界に紹介した書。邦訳に《日本誌――日本の歴史と紀行》のほか,抄訳として《ケンプェル江戸参府紀行》(《異国叢書》所収),《江戸参府旅行日記》(《東洋文庫》所収)などがある。【片桐 一男】。…

※「《江戸参府旅行日記》」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。

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