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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Main Author: Orii, Yoshimi (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2015
In: 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
Further subjects:B 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.
ISSN:2214-1332
Contains:In: Journal of Jesuit studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/22141332-00202002