David N. Wells

The Russian Discovery of Japan, 1670-1800

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During the period of the Tokugawa shogunate's seclusion policy from about 1630 onwards there was very little European interaction with the Japanese except through the restricted Dutch presence at Nagasaki. During this period, however, Russians exploring Siberia and the Russian Far East came into contact with Japan, and further exploration and information collecting was encouraged by the Russian government, culminating in the first official Russian Embassy to Japan in 1792. This book examines the Russian discourse on Japan in the period, tracing the gradual accumulation of knowledge, and the development of Russian views, sometimes distorted, a… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-136-01000-2
EAN: 9781136010002
Produktnummer: 31765812
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Seitenangabe: 176 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 3'251 KB
Auflage: 1. Auflage

Über den Autor

David Wells is Manager, Collections, at Curtin University Library in Perth, Western Australia. He has published widely in information studies and on Russian literature and cultural history.