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	The Emergence of Japan as a Western Text, 2
		On the afternoon Perry arrived at Uraga the most complete Western histories of Japan were English, French, Dutch, German, Russian, and Latin editions of the History of Japan, by Engelbert Kaempfer, written around 1695 and first published in 1727.
		The major exception was the work of naval lieutenant Vasily Golovnin, whose best-selling accounts of Japan and the Japanese were based on two years in prison at Hakodate.
		The few European works describing Japan that had appeared during the years of seclusion came almost exclusively from those attached to the Dutch factory at Dejima, and though several of these are remarkable given the limitations on access to information,
	www.themargins.net /bib/front/intro2.htm (3360 words)

	Big Buddha (Daibutsu) -- Giant Buddha Effagies in Japan; Japanese Buddhism Photo Dictionary
		The only detailed pictorial record of the Kyoto Daibutsu is from the drawings of the German physician Engelbert Kaempfer (1651-1712), who stayed in Japan from 1690 to 1692.
		In his writings, he noted the particulars, from the "long bovine ears" and the "frizzy hair" to the fact that there would be space enough for three Japanese mats on its outstretched palm.
		He measured out the distances for a more detailed record, and noted that the width between the shoulders was equivalent to fifteen paces.
	www.onmarkproductions.com /html/big-buddha-japan.shtml (4111 words)

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