Kaempfer's Japan: Tokugawa Culture Observed
Kaempfer's Japan: Tokugawa Culture Observed
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Kaempfer 的日本：观察德川文化
DOI：
10.1515/9780824863227
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发表时间：
2000
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影响因子：
1.6
通讯作者：
E. Kaempfer
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作者：
E. Kaempfer
自1727年在伦敦出版以来，恩格尔伯特·坎普费尔的作品一直是畅销书，对于德川时期的历史学家来说，它仍然是最有价值的资料之一。故事描述了日本人不被允许记录的东西(例如，幕府城堡的细节)，以及没有日本人认为值得记录的东西(日常生活的细节)。然而，之前所有关于历史的翻译都是有缺陷的，基于18世纪瑞士翻译家的作品，或者大约50年后德国编辑的作品，后者对日本知之甚少，并对坎普费尔对这个异教国家的赞扬感到不满。Beatrice Bodart-Bailey对这部经典的新译本反映了对坎普费尔原始手稿的仔细研究，为现代读者重新审视了这部作品，将其置于目前已知的德川日本的背景下，并恢复了坎普费尔观察和印象的幽默和新鲜。在坎普费尔的《日本》中，我们第一次看到了坎普费尔对前现代日本丰富多彩的描述的准确和全面的可读性注释翻译。
Engelbert Kaempfer's work was a best-seller from the moment it was published in London in 1727 and remains one of the most valuable sources for historians of the Tokugawa period. The narrative describes what no Japanese was permitted to record (the details of the shogun's castle, for example) and what no Japanese thought worthy of recording (the minutiae of everyday life). However, all previous translations of the history oar flawed, being based on the work of an 18th century Swiss translator or that of the German editor some fifty years later who had little knowledge of Japan and resented Kaempfer's praise of the heathen country. Beatrice Bodart-Bailey's new translation of this classic, which reflects careful study of Kaempfer's original manuscript, reclaims the work for the modern reader, placing it in the context of what is currently known about Tokugawa Japan and restoring the humour and freshness of Kaempfer's observations and impressions. In Kaempfer's Japan we have, for the first time, and accurate and thoroughly readable annotated translation of Kaempfer's colourful account of pre-modern Japan.