This Island of Japon: Joao Rodrigues' Account of 16th-century Japan

By Michael Cooper and João Rodrigues

Book Overview

Jo?o Rodrigues sailed from Portugal to Japan in 1577, and there entered the Jesuit novitiate and was ordained priest. He met Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the virtual ruler of Japan, in 1591, and from that time... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870111949
• ISBN13: 9780870111945
• Release Date: January 1973
• Publisher: Kodansha International
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.