Kaempfer's Japan

Tokugawa Culture Observed

Engelbert Kaempfer, Beatrice M. Bodart-Bailey

• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Year: 1999
• eBook ISBN: 9780824863227
• Edition: 1
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Japanese History
• Index: History

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Table of contents

• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Translator’s Introduction
• Notes on the Translation
• Prologue
• Book 1
• 1. Journey from Siam to Japan and the Present State of the Siamese Court, Including a Description of the Royal Residence or Capital of Ayutthaya
• 2. Departure from the Siamese Capital Ayutthaya Down the River Metnam to the Harbor, and from There across the Sea to Japan
• 3. The Size and Situation of the Islands and Provinces of Japan
• 4. The Division of the Japanese Empire into Large and Small Domains, and Especially General Information about Their Revenue and Government
• 5. The Origin of the Inhabitants
• 6. The Origin of the Japanese according to Their Own Fanciful Opinion
• 7. The Climate of Japan and Its Mineral Resources
• 8. The Fertility of Plants in This Country
• 9. The Country’s Abundance of Quadrupeds, Birds, Crawling and Flying Insects
• 10. Fish and Shellfish
• Book 2
• 1. Names of the Gods, Divine Humans, and Emperors Who Are Named in the Japanese Chronicles As the First Rulers of This Empire
• 2. General Information about the Spiritual and True Hereditary Emperors of This Empire and the Periodization of Their Succession
• 3. The Spiritual Hereditary Emperors, and Especially and First of All Those Who Have Ruled the Japanese Empire from the Beginning of the Monarchy until the Birth of Christ
• 4. The Spiritual Hereditary Emperors Who Lived between the Birth of Christ and the Birth of Yoritomo, the First Secular Ruler, and Ruled with Unlimited Authority
• 5. The Spiritual Hereditary Emperors Who Lived after the Birth of Yoritomo to the Present Day
• 6. The Military Commanders and Secular Rulers from Yoritomo to the Present Ruler Tsunayoshi
• Book 3
• 1. Concerning the Religions of This Empire and Especially That of Shinto
• 2. The Temples, Beliefs, and Worship of the Shinto Sect
• 3. Shinto Reibi, That Is to Say, Lucky and Sacred Days and Their Celebration
• 4. The Sangū, or Pilgrimage to Ise
• 5. Yamabushi, or Mountain Priests, and Other Religions
• 6. Butsu dō, or Foreign Paganism, and in General about Its Founder
• 7. Judō , the Teaching or the Ways of the Moralists or Philosophers
• Book 4
• 1. The Situation of the City of Nagasaki
• 2. The Government of Nagasaki
• 3. The Government of Individual Streets and Their Inhabitants, as well as the Administration of the Surrounding Districts and Farmers by a Shogunal Official
• 4. The Temples of the City and the Activities and the Administration of the Clergy
• 5. The Arrival, Reception, and Extermination of the Portuguese and Spaniards
• 6. The Situation of the Dutch
• 7. The Dutch Trade in This Country: Firstly, the Guilds Employed for This Purpose
• 8. The Dutch Trade: Details of the Procedure
• 9. The Treatment and Trade of the Chinese
• 10. Some Posters, Passes, and Letters That Have Been Mentioned Above
• Book 5
• 1. Preparations for Our Journey to Court and a Description of the Local Way of Traveling
• 2. A General Description of the Condition and Location of the Route by Water and on Land from Nagasaki to the Residence at Edo
• 3. A General Description of Civil and Religious Buildings and Also of Other Structures That We Saw along Public Routes
• 4. A Description of Post Stations, Inns, Roadside Food and Tea Stalls
• 5. The Crowds of People Traveling This Highway Daily and Gaining Their Livelihood Therefrom
• 6. Our Journey, That Is to Say, the Journey of the Dutch, to the Shogunal Court and the Treatment We Receive
• 7. Overland Journey from Nagasaki to Kokura, Begun on February 13, 1691, Consisting of 511/2 Japanese Miles
• 8. Voyage from Kokura to Osaka, Begun on February 17, 1691, Amounting to 140 or 150 Miles
• 9. Journey of Thirteen Miles from Osaka to Miyako, Begun on February 28th and Completed on the 29th, as well as a Description of Both Cities
• 10. The Journey from Miyako to Hamamatsu of Sixty-three Japanese Miles, Being Half the Journey to Edo, Begun on March 2nd
• 11. Continuation of Our Journey from Hamamatsu Sixty Japanese Miles and Thirty-eight Streets to the Shogunal Capital of Edo
• 12. Description of the City and the Castle of Edo, Some Events That Took Place There, Our Audience and Departure
• 13. Return from Edo
• 14. The Second Journey to the Shogun’s Court
• 15. Second Return Journey from Edo to Nagasaki
• Appendix 1. List of Persons
• Appendix 2. Money and Measurements
• Notes
• Glossary of Japanese Terms
• Bibliography
• Index
• About the Translator