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Rodrigues the Interpreter

Rodrigues the Interpreter An Early Jesuit in Japan and China

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Paperback (01 Feb 1995)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Portuguese Jesuit Joao Rodrigues won the friendship of Japan's two successive supreme rulers, Hideyoshi and Ieyasu; took an active role in the silk trade between China and Japan; and, serving as the main interpreter between East and West, was one of the country's most influential Europeans.

Book information

ISBN: 9780834803190
Publisher: Weatherhill Inc
Imprint: Weatherhill Inc
Pub date:
Edition: New Edition
DEWEY: 266.251
Language: English
Number of pages: 416
Weight: 589g
Height: 230mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 30mm