The Furthest Goal

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.

Bodart-Bailey, Beatrice; Massarella, Derek

Chapter 1 Introduction, B.M. Bodart-Bailey; Chapter 2 WritingThe History of Japan, B.M. Bodart-Bailey; Chapter 3 The Interpreter Interpreted, Paul van der Velde; Chapter 4 Forgotten Practices of the Past, Carmen Blacker; Chapter 5 The Plants that Carry His Name, Wolfgang Muntschick; Chapter 6 The History ofThe History, Derek Massarella; Chapter 7 Changing the Image, Jörg Schmeißer; Chapter 8 Epilogue, Derek Massarella;