Foreign Diary - Ikoku Nikki

Japanese: 異国日記 - いこくにっき
Foreign Diary - Ikoku Nikki

A diplomatic record of early modern Japan and foreign countries, including correspondence and articles on their issuance. Two manuscripts. Compiled around the Kan'ei era (1624-1644). The first volume is mainly handwritten by Konchiin Suden, who served Tokugawa Ieyasu and was in charge of diplomatic affairs. It chronologically records articles on the arrival of foreign ships, diplomatic documents, letters, etc. from July 1608 (Keicho 13) to October 1629 (Kan'ei 6). The second volume is thought to have been compiled by Suden's disciple Konchiin Genryo and others after his death. It includes diplomatic letters from Genryo, Saisho Shoda/Shotai, Bunshi Gensho, and others, as well as poems and prose exchanged between foreign envoys and Hayashi Razan and others.

[Numata Satoshi]

"Murakami Naojiro's translation and annotation of 'Collection of Letters from Foreign Countries, Revised and Revised Collection of Foreign Diaries' ('Foreign Books 11' reprint edition, 1966, Yushodo Shoten)"

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

近世初期の日本と諸外国との往復書簡やその発給に関する記事を収めた外交記録。写本2冊。寛永(かんえい)年間(1624~44)ごろ成立。第1冊は徳川家康に仕えて外交関係の事務を管掌した金地院崇伝(こんちいんすうでん)の自筆を主とする。1608年(慶長13)7月から1629年(寛永6)10月までの外国船渡来記事、外交文書、書簡などを編年に採録している。第2冊は崇伝の死後、門弟金地院元良(げんりょう)らによって編まれたと考えられる。元良、西笑承兌(さいしょうしょうだ/しょうたい)、文之玄昌(ぶんしげんしょう)らの外交書簡や林羅山(はやしらざん)らと外国使節の間に交された詩文などを収録。

[沼田 哲]

『村上直次郎訳註『異国往復書翰集・増訂異国日記抄』(『異国叢書11』復刻版・1966・雄松堂書店)』

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