Japan Travel Journal

Japanese: 日本渡航記 - にほんとこうき

A partial translation of the travelogue "Fregat Pallada" (1858) by the Russian author Goncharov. From 1852 to 1855 (Kaei 5 to Ansei 2), Goncharov participated in a voyage around the world as secretary to Admiral Putyatin, an envoy to Japan, and arrived in Nagasaki in 1853. This travelogue, which portrays Japan at the end of the Edo period in an ironic light from the perspective of a developed Western country, while also perceptively capturing the seeds of new Japanese power, has been translated into Japanese many times since the Meiji period and has become a valuable historical source in the history of Japan-Russia negotiations.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

ロシアの作家ゴンチャロフの旅行記《フリゲート艦パルラダ号Fregat Pallada》(1858)の部分訳。1852‐55年(嘉永5‐安政2)ゴンチャロフは遣日使節プチャーチン提督の秘書官として世界周航に参加し，1853年長崎に来航した。幕末の日本を，西洋の先進国の高みからアイロニカルに描き出す一方，日本の新しい力の萌芽をも目ざとくとらえたこの旅行記は，明治以来繰り返し邦訳され，日露交渉史の貴重な史料となってきた。

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