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Luís Fróis (1532 – 8 July 1597) was a Portuguese Catholic priest and missionary who worked in Asia, most notably Japan, during the second half of the 16th century. As a Jesuit , he preached in Japan during the Sengoku period , meeting with Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi .
Jul 10, 2024 · Using Luís Fróis's Tratado das contradições e diferenças de costumes entre a Europa e o Japão (Treaty on the contrasts and differences between Europe and Japan), I argue that skilled cultural interpreters used gender as a determining lens to approach the primary task of conversion, but also the secondary task of cultural mediation. Unlike ...
Jan 2, 2024 · A thesis that challenges the view of Fróis's História de Japam as a reliable source on the Portuguese Jesuit mission in Japan. It argues that Fróis edited and composed the history to suit his own agenda and rhetorical purposes.
May 18, 2021 · The First European Description of Japan, 1585: A Critical English-Language Edition of Striking Contrasts in the Customs of Europe and Japan by Luis Frois, S.J. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive.
Luís Fróis (ルイス・フロイス Ruisu Furoisu) is a Portuguese missionary and well-respected scientist in Spain who came to Japan in the San Felipe. He was famed for his kindness; taking in orphans and cared for them as his own children.
This book focuses on Luis Frois, a 16th-century Portuguese Jesuit and chronicler, who recorded his impressions of Japanese gardens, cities and building practices, tea-drinking rituals, Japan’s unification efforts, cultural traditions, and the many differences between Europe and Japan in remarkable manuscripts almost lost to time.
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