The Furthest Goal

This important study brings together some of the best current research on Kaempfer 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;