From the first Christian Missionaries to the Comic Opera The Mikado: Japan’s Changing Image in the Eyes of Europe

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2020

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Bodart-Bailey, Beatrice

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Otsuma Women's University

Abstract

Constructing an image for a high-profile person, an interest group, a nationality or even a locality (for the purpose of tourism) is a large industry today. Images were also constructed for various purposes in historical times. This article explores how the image of Japan in Europe was changing according to the interests of those who wrote about the country

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Christian Missionaries, Comic Opera The Mikado, Dutch East India Company, Enlightenment, Engelbert Kaempfer

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Otsuma Journal of Comparative Culture

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Journal article

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Open Access

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Creative Commons

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