The Furthest Goal

Engelbert Kaempfers Encounter with Tokugawa Japan

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Ethnic Studies

• Author: Beatrice Bodart-Bailey, Derek Massarella
• ISBN: 9781136637834
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Publication: October 12, 2012
• Imprint: Routledge
• Language: English

This important study brings together some of the best current research on Kaempfer (author of the History of Japan, also published by Curzon) for the first time and includes a close analysis of 6 key topics from the writing of the History to an interpretation of the interpreter himself.