The Journal of Olof Eriksson Willman

From His Voyage to the Dutch East Indies and Japan, 1648-1654
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-90-04-26126-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 140 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 680 g

The travel journal of Olof Eriksson Willman, a Swedish employee of the VOC, provides a highly personal account of his sea voyages to and from Asia. His observations during a year in Japan include glimpses of daily life at Deshima and a detailed description of the Hofreis to Edo, and his encounters with Tokugawa Bakufu officials there. Willman, who had served in the Swedish army, seems to have found favour with the notorious Inoue Masashige, who summoned him on more than one occasion to demonstrate and discuss European firearms. Willman observed religious celebrations, saw yamabushi and pilgrims along the Tokaido and visited several temples, including the Hokoji. He also witnessed a family of Christians being taken to the execution ground.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Willman, Olof Eriksson

Blomberg, Catharina

Weitere Mitwirkende

Blomberg, Catharina

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Regional- & Stadtgeschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Catharina Blomberg, Ph.D. (Upsala), M.A. (Cantab.) has published monographs and many articles on samurai religion and ethics, early Swedish travellers in Japan, and edtied, with an Introduction, The West's Encounter with Japanese Civilization, 1800-1940 (Japan Library/Curzon Press, 2000).