Bodart-Bailey, Beatrice2022-08-172022-08-171345-4307http://hdl.handle.net/1885/271426Constructing 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 countryapplication/pdfen-AU© 2020 The authorshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/deed.jaChristian MissionariesComic Opera The MikadoDutch East India CompanyEnlightenmentEngelbert KaempferFrom the first Christian Missionaries to the Comic Opera The Mikado: Japan’s Changing Image in the Eyes of Europe20202021-08-01Creative Commons