Jean Joseph Marie Amiot

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Jean Joseph Marie Amiot was a French Jesuit missionary who spent time in Qing Dynasty China.

He brought back many books and ideas from China to Europe, including works on music and dance by Zhu Zaiyu.

References

  • Nakao Yukari 中尾友香梨, "Nihon ni okeru Mingaku no juyô" 「日本における明楽の受容」, in Kojima Yasunori 小島康敬 (ed.), Reigaku bunka 礼楽文化, Tokyo: Pelican-sha (2013), 352-353.