De rol van Japanners bij het ontstaan van Nippon (1832–1858), de beschrijving van Japan door Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796–1866)

• Authors: Judyta Kuznik

Title variants

EN

The role of the Japanese in the creation of Nippon (1832–1858), the description of Japan by Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796–1866)

• Languages of publication: NL

Abstracts

EN

In the 19th century Japan was still a relatively mysterious land for many Europeans, even after more than a century of trade relations with the Dutch. Once in a while efforts were made to expand the European knowledge of Japan and European scholars tried to explore the country despite the limitations the Japanese put on them. In current research little attention has been paid to the role the Japanese played in collecting information for the advance of European knowledge of Japan. This article discusses the role of the Japanese in the groundwork for Nippon (1832–1858), the description of Japan by Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796–1866). It attempts to answer the question of what this cooperation looked like, which areas of knowledge it affected and what the consequences of the cooperation were for both sides.

Keywords

EN

Nippon; natural history; von Siebold; Japan; Western science; contact zone

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wroclawskiego
• Journal: Neerlandica Wratislaviensia
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 28
• Pages: 135-147

Contributors

author

Judyta Kuznik

• Uniwersytet Wrocławski