The Dispersion of Jesuit Books Printed in Japan: Trends in Bibliographical Research and in Intellectual History
This article introduces the recent bibliographical research on Kirishitan-ban, a series of books published by the Jesuit mission press in Japan in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Afterwards, the books were dispersed through political turmoil; some are still to be found scattered...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2015
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Journal of Jesuit studies
Year: 2015, Volume: 2, Issue: 2, Pages: 189-207 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBM Asia KCA Monasticism; religious orders KDB Roman Catholic Church RJ Mission; missiology |
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Book History
translation
Kirishitan-ban
accommodation
Christianity in Japan
cultural history
language and mission
Luis de Granada
Alessandro Valignano, S.J.
Joannes Laures
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| Summary: | This article introduces the recent bibliographical research on Kirishitan-ban, a series of books published by the Jesuit mission press in Japan in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Afterwards, the books were dispersed through political turmoil; some are still to be found scattered across the world. In addition, the study presents a textual comparison of some Kirishitan-ban with their European originals, in order to examine the compilation and translation policies of the Jesuits in Japan. Authors or editors sometimes manipulated or revised important sections, for instance omitting a statement on predestination or adding a discourse on the immortality of the soul, illustrating the Jesuits’ strategy of balancing the Japanese and the European-Catholic intellectual climates of their time. Analyzing both the books and their contents will contribute to the study of the globalization of Jesuit intellectual history and library research. |
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| ISSN: | 2214-1332 |
| Contains: | In: Journal of Jesuit studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22141332-00202002 |