Free Download Akihiko Watanabe, "Japan on the Jesuit Stage: Two 17th-Century Latin Plays with Translation and Commentary "
English | ISBN: 1350217204 | 2022 | 272 pages | PDF | 24 MB
The Jesuits were a major source of European information on Japan from the late 16th to early 17th century. Not only were they active missionaries but they also produced linguistic, religious and cultural tracts, regional chronicles, as well as hundreds of Latin plays written in imitation of classical Greco-Roman theatre but set in Japan. An intriguing yet underexplored segment of Jesuit school theatre is that which stages non-classical, non-Western subjects such as Japan, and this volume is the first to present Latin texts of two of these plays alongside full English translations, commentaries and an extensive introduction.