Prisoners from Nambu : : Reality and Make-Believe in 17th-Century Japanese Diplomacy /

Prisoners from Nambu : : Reality and Make-Believe in 17th-Century Japanese Diplomacy / / Reinier H. Hesselink.

On July 29, 1643, ten crew members of the Dutch yacht Breskens were lured ashore at Nambu in northern Japan. Once out of view of their ship, the men were bound and taken to the shogun, Tokugawa Iemitsu, in Edo, where they remained imprisoned for four months. Later the Japanese government forced the...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
VerfasserIn:
Hesselink, Reinier H.,
Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2001]
©2001
Year of Publication:2001
Language:English
Online Access:
Physical Description:1 online resource (232 p.)
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • -DE STERS-
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • A Note on Titles and Names
  • Introduction The Prisoners from Nambu
  • Chapter 1. Flying Dutchmen
  • Chapter 2. Ganji Garame
  • Chapter 3. Incompatible Jailbirds
  • Chapter 4. A Strict Investigation
  • Chapter 5. Unwitting Witnesses
  • Chapter 6. A Magnanimous Gesture
  • Chapter 7. Elserack's Promise
  • Chapter 8. A Memorable Embassy
  • Conclusion: Was Japan Isolated during the Edo Period?
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

Similar Items