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*''Written: c. [[1708]]-[[1714]], [[Arai Hakuseki]]''
*''Japanese'': 西洋紀聞 ''(seiyou kibun)''
''Seiyô kibun'', or "Records of Things Heard About the West," is a three-volume compilation by Confucian shogunal advisor [[Arai Hakuseki]] of information he learned about Europe from his interrogations of [[Giovanni Battista Sidotti]], a [[Jesuit]] missionary captured by the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] in [[1708]]. Sidotti was held until his death in [[1714]].
The contents of the book range widely, touching upon European customs & culture, history, geography, philosophy, and religion. Despite being a prisoner, Sidotti is said to have answered Hakuseki's questions politely.
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==References==
*Gallery labels, "Seiyô kibun," Tokyo National Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/15941192232/in/dateposted-public/]
*Arai Hakuseki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 290n64.
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Historical Documents]]
*''Japanese'': 西洋紀聞 ''(seiyou kibun)''
''Seiyô kibun'', or "Records of Things Heard About the West," is a three-volume compilation by Confucian shogunal advisor [[Arai Hakuseki]] of information he learned about Europe from his interrogations of [[Giovanni Battista Sidotti]], a [[Jesuit]] missionary captured by the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] in [[1708]]. Sidotti was held until his death in [[1714]].
The contents of the book range widely, touching upon European customs & culture, history, geography, philosophy, and religion. Despite being a prisoner, Sidotti is said to have answered Hakuseki's questions politely.
{{stub}}
==References==
*Gallery labels, "Seiyô kibun," Tokyo National Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/15941192232/in/dateposted-public/]
*Arai Hakuseki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 290n64.
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Historical Documents]]
