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Gahō's book was published in the mid-17th century and it was reissued in 1803, "perhaps because it was a necessary reference work for officials." Contemporary readers must have found some degree of usefulness in this chronicle; and those who ensured that this particular manuscript made its way into
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Tadakatsu. In supporting this work, Sakai Todakatsu's motivations appear to spread across a range anticipated consequences; and it becomes likely that his several intentions in seeing that this specific work fell into the hands of an empathetic Western translator were similarly multi-faceted.
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Nipon o daï itsi ran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon, tr. par M. Isaac
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In the elevated context his father engendered, Gahō himself was also accepted as a noteworthy scholar in that period. The
Hayashi and the Shōheikō links to the work's circulation are part of the explanation for this work's 18th and 19th century popularity. Gahō was also the author of other works
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Japanese-authored historical account of its sort to be published and circulated for scholarly study in the West. It is fitting that this rare book was selected as one of the first to be scanned and uploaded for online study as part of an ongoing international digitization
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These few examples of the outstanding contacts which
Titsingh records suffice to give us an idea of the intimate associations which the Japanese had established with the Dutch at this time, associations from which the Dutch were also to gain a great deal. Titsingh's
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At that time, Pound explained that "as far as time to read", the work seemed a "mere chronicle." However, modern literary critics have demonstrated by textual comparisons that Pound relied on
Titsingh's French translation in crafting some sections of the
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stops around 1600, most likely in deference to the sensibilities of the
Tokugawa regime. Gahō's text did not continue up through his present day; but rather, he terminated the chronicles just before the last pre-Tokugawa ruler.
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beliefs and practices. Razan's ideas lent themselves to a well-accepted program of samurai and bureaucrat educational, training and testing protocols. In 1607, Razan was accepted as a political advisor to the second shōgun,
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University of Michigan, digitized January 30, 2007; and (2) from the library of Stanford University, digitized June 23,
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Titsingh's ability to take away without molestation numerous books on Japan as well as maps and drawings of the
Japanese islands illustrates the liberal state of affairs at Nagasaki.
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