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- Title
Encounter as Process: England and Japan in the Late Sixteenth Century.
- Authors
Das, Nandini
- Abstract
Taking a cue from a fleeting reference to Japan in a remarkably idiosyncratic sixteenth-century language manual, this essay explores the knowledge about Japan that circulated in England before first formal contact took place between the two nations in 1613 -14. The cumulative record of fleeting intersections and near-forgotten moments when the two nations came into each other's circuit demands a reassessment of current conceptualizations of the travel encounter, juxtaposing the traditional view of encounter as a singular significant event, with one that acknowledges the encounter's rootedness in long-running processes of knowledge making and circulation.
- Subjects
GREAT Britain-Japan relations; JAPAN in literature; ORTHO-Epia Gallica (Book); ELIOT, John, fl. 1591-1593; FRENCH language textbooks for English speakers; HISTORY of diplomacy; VALIGNANO, Alessandro, 1538-1606; SIXTEENTH century; HISTORY; MEDIEVAL &; Renaissance (Literary period)
- Publication
Renaissance Quarterly, 2016, Vol 69, Issue 4, p1343
- ISSN
0034-4338
- Publication type
Essay
- DOI
10.1086/690315