عنوان

The Jesuits in Japan and Asian Poetries in Moveable Type

Number

LA119480

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

انگلیسی

Title Proper

The Jesuits in Japan and Asian Poetries in Moveable Type

General Material Designation

[Article]

First Statement of Responsibility

Jeffrey Niedermaier

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Leiden

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Brill

Text of Note

In 1600, Japan-based Jesuits printed a moveable-type edition of the Wakan rōeishū (The Collection of Japanese and Chinese resonant verse), a bilingual anthology of classical Japanese and Chinese poetry that had long been an emblem of Japan's literary world. Made to educate Japanese and foreigners alike in the scripts, languages, and literatures of Japan, the Amakusa Rōeishū was a component of an educational and evangelizing mission. Although it was neither translated into European languages nor widely circulated, the Amakusa Rōeishū represents an alternative to prevailing conceptions of world literature in its capacity to invite and challenge readers to work through its (decreasingly) foreign systems of meaning. By redesigning the anthology's title page, reediting its contents, and repositioning it on a multilingual and multidirectional curriculum, Jesuit printers and teachers invited an incommensurate ecumene of readers to work through a singular text from a plurality of directions. In 1600, Japan-based Jesuits printed a moveable-type edition of the Wakan rōeishū (The Collection of Japanese and Chinese resonant verse), a bilingual anthology of classical Japanese and Chinese poetry that had long been an emblem of Japan's literary world. Made to educate Japanese and foreigners alike in the scripts, languages, and literatures of Japan, the Amakusa Rōeishū was a component of an educational and evangelizing mission. Although it was neither translated into European languages nor widely circulated, the Amakusa Rōeishū represents an alternative to prevailing conceptions of world literature in its capacity to invite and challenge readers to work through its (decreasingly) foreign systems of meaning. By redesigning the anthology's title page, reediting its contents, and repositioning it on a multilingual and multidirectional curriculum, Jesuit printers and teachers invited an incommensurate ecumene of readers to work through a singular text from a plurality of directions.

Date of Publication

2020

Physical description

132-157

Title

Journal of World Literature

Volume Number

5/1

International Standard Serial Number

2405-6480

Subject Term

anthologies and re-anthologization

Subject Term

Japanese and Chinese poetry (waka and kanshi)

Subject Term

Jesuit pedagogy

Subject Term

multilingualism

Subject Term

printing press

Jeffrey Niedermaier

Call Number

10.1163/24056480-00501600

Electronic name

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[Article]

275578

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