Gualtieri, Guido:

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RELATIONI DELLA VENUTA DEGLI AMBASCIATORI GIAPONESI A ROMA FINO ALLA PARTITA DI LISBONA. CON LE ACCOGLIENZE FATTE LORO DA TUTTI I PRINCIPI CHRISTIANI, PER DOVE SONO ... From the collection of R. David Parsons. First edition of the most complete and detailed early account of the first Japanese travellers to Rome. The chief aim of the embassy, organized by the Jesuit Alessandro Valignano, was to introduce the Japanese envoys to Pope Gregory XIII, thus strengthening the Jesuit mission in Japan and recruiting more support for it in Europe.The embassy was composed of four young Japanese men belonging to converted daimyo families of Kyushu: Ito Sukemasu Mancio and Chijiwa Seizaemon Miguel, respectively representing the daimyo of Bungo and Arima, and two relatives of the ruler of Omura, Nakaura Jingoro Juliano and Hara Nakatsukasa Martihno. They were all between twelve and fifteen years of age at the time and were accompanied by Jorge de Loyola and Diogo de Mesquita.Gualtieri's account begins with a geographical description of Japan and the customs of its inhabitants, then introduces the motives of the embassy. The main body of text is dedicated to the envoys' journey, describing the departure from Nagasaki in 1582, the arrival in Lisbon and the visit to Portugal, followed by the trip across Spain and Italy through to Rome. In the capital, the envoys attented the funeral of Gregory XIII and the election of Sixtus V. The final chapters cover their visits to Bologna, Ferrara, Venice,

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