François Caron and his Vision of Japanese Art in the Early Seventeenth Century ; François Caron y su visión del arte japonés a comienzos del siglo XVII

During the first decades of the seventeenth century, when relations between the Europe and Japan were in crisis, François Caron lived in the archipelago. This worker of the Dutch East India Company remained in the Land of the Rising Sun from 1619 to 1641, reaching the position of opperhoofd (chief manager) of the Dutch trading post at Hirado. During his stay in the islands, Caron had the opportunity to enter Japanese culture and learned the language. His knowledge of the country was such that his superiors of the Dutch company commissioned him a report answering various questions relating to t... Mehr ...