Foreign Books - Ikokusousho

Japanese: 異国叢書 - いこくそうしょ

A series of 13 books mainly about Japan in the Azuchi-Momoyama and Edo periods, translated and annotated by foreigners. Published in 1929. (1) Collection of Letters from Foreign Countries and Excerpts from Foreign Diaries, (2) (3) Kruusenstern's Travels in Japan, Vol. 1 and 2, (4) Keigen's Letters from England, (5) (6) Kaempfer's Travels to Edo, Vol. 1 and 2 (→ Kaempfer), (7) Siebold's Travels to Edo, (8) Siebold's History of Transport and Trade in Japan (→ Siebold), (9) Zuff's Memoirs of Japan and Vissel's Travels to Edo, (10) Thunberg's Travels to Japan (→ Thunberg), (11) Don Rodrigo's Travels in Japan (→ Vivero y Velasco) and Vizcaino's Report on the Expedition to the Island of Gold and Silver, (12) (13) Correspondence of Jesuits in Japan, Vol. 1 and 2. The following works were published in the series (7) above: "Siebold's Final Travels in Japan." The "Continued Ikoku Sōsho" series was planned to include (1) (2) The Japan Correspondence of the Christian Society (Bungo Edition), Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, (3) Valentine's Journal of Japan, (4) Annotations of Western Literature Related to Japan, (5) John Saris's Voyage to Japan (→Saris), and (6) Charon's Records of the Great Kingdom of Japan. However, only (1) and (2) were published under that name in 1936, and (5) and (6) were not published as part of a series. In 1966, a reprint of "Ikoku Sōsho" was published. Furthermore, Vol. I of the "New Ikoku Sōsho" (15 volumes in total) was published between 1968 and 1970. (1) (2) Letters of the Jesuits to Japan, I and II (Lectures of the Jesuits to Japan, Bungo and II, ed. Shimo, I and II), (3) (4) Annual Report of the Society of Jesus to Japan, I and II, (5) The Accounts of the Tensho Embassy by de Sande, (6) The Accounts of a Voyage to Japan by Saris and the Accounts of a Stay in Japan by Villemin, (7) Teaching's Pictorial Guide to Japanese Customs, (8) Perry's Travels in Japan (written by SW Williams and edited by FW Williams), (9) The Accounts of Lord Elgin's Mission to Japan, (10) The Accounts of Pompe's Stay in Japan, (11) Goncharov's Travels in Japan, (12) (13) The Accounts of Eulenburg's Voyage to Japan, I and II, (14) (15) Maps of Japan at the End of the Tokugawa Period by Humbert, I and II. Subsequently, Volume II (10 volumes in total) was published from 1982 to 1985, and Volume III (10 volumes in total) was published from 2002 to 2003.

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Japanese:

主として安土桃山時代，江戸時代の日本に関する諸外国人の著書を訳注して収めた叢書 13冊。 1929年発行。 (1) 異国往復書翰集・増訂異国日記抄，(2) (3) クルウゼンシュテルン日本紀行上・下，(4) 慶元イギリス書翰，(5) (6) ケンプェル江戸参府紀行上・下 (→ケンペル ) ，(7) シーボルト江戸参府紀行，(8) シーボルト日本交通貿易史 (→シーボルト ) ，(9) ヅーフ日本回想録・フィッセル参府紀行，(10) ツンベルク日本紀行 (→トゥーンベリ ) ，(11) ドン・ロドリゴ日本見聞録 (→ビベロ・イ・ベラスコ ) ・ビスカイノ金銀島探検報告，(12) (13) 耶蘇会士日本通信上・下。なお上記 (7) に続くものとして『シーボルト最終日本紀行』が刊行された。また『続異国叢書』として (1) (2) 耶蘇会日本通信 (豊後編) 上・下，(3) ファレンタイン日本志，(4) 日本関係西籍解題，(5) ジョン・セーリス日本渡航記 (→セーリス ) ，(6) カロン日本大王国志が計画されたが，(1) (2) だけがその名のもとに 1936年刊行され，(5) (6) は叢書とせずに刊行された。 1966年『異国叢書』の復刻版を刊行。さらに 1968～70年に『新異国叢書』第I輯 (全 15巻) が刊行された。 (1) (2) イエズス会士日本通信上・下 (耶蘇会士日本通信豊後・下〈シモ〉編上・下) ，(3) (4) イエズス会日本年報上・下，(5) デ・サンデ天正遣欧使節記，(6) セーリス日本渡航記・ヴィルマン日本滞在記，(7) ティチング日本風俗図誌，(8) ペリー日本遠征随行記 (S.W.ウィリアムズ著，F.W.ウィリアムズ編) ，(9) エルギン卿遣日使節録，(10) ポンペ日本滞在見聞記，(11) ゴンチャローフ日本渡航記，(12) (13) オイレンブルク日本遠征記上・下，(14) (15) アンベール幕末日本図絵上・下。その後 1982～85年第 II輯 (全 10巻) ，2002～03年第 III輯 (全 10巻) が刊行された。

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