The Southern Barbarians: The First Europeans in Japan

by Michael Cooper (Illustrator), Arimichi Ebisawa, Fernando G. Gutiérrez

Genres: Japan

216 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1971

About the author

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Michael John Cooper (1930 – 31 March 2018) was an American historian. Briefly a Jesuit himself, Cooper wrote extensively on 15th- and 16th-century encounters between Jesuit missionaries and Japan. He was editor of the journal Monumenta Nipponica in Tokyo for 26 years (1971–1996) and was also formerly a president of the Asiatic Society of Japan.

source: Wikipedia

Reviews

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

Michael Cooper spent his working life studying this subject. This book remains the best readily available account.