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- Title
François Caron y su visión del arte japonés a comienzos del siglo XVII.
- Authors
Sanz Guillén, Alejandro M.
- Abstract
During the first decades of the seventeenth century, when relations between Europe and Japan were in crisis, François Caron lived in the Japanese archipelago. This worker of the Dutch East India Company remained in the Land of the Rising Sun from 1619 to 1641, reaching the position of opperhoofd (chief manager) of the Dutch trading post at Hirado. During his stay in the islands, Caron had the opportunity to be in contact with Japanese culture and learn the language. His knowledge of the country was such that his superiors of the Dutch company commissioned him a report answering various questions relating to the islands. This document was published for the first time in 1646 in Amsterdam under the title Beschrijvinghe van het machtigh coninckrijk Iapan, being republished and translated on numerous occasions in the following years. Caron's work had an enormous impact and gives valuable information on Japanese society at the beginning of the Edo period, being one of the most important texts on Japan published in Europe during the Early Modern Period. In the following paper we will analyze Caron's references to Japanese artistic manifestations, studying the vision that the author reflected on them.
- Subjects
JAPAN; SUNRISE &; sunset; SEVENTEENTH century; ACCULTURATION; INFORMATION society; JAPANESE art; NEDERLANDSCHE Oost-Indische Cie.
- Publication
Mirai. Estudios Japoneses, 2021, Vol 5, p175
- ISSN
2531-145X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5209/mira.73989