Crónicas desde las Indias Orientales

Rodrigues, João

"The Jesuit mission in Japan began in 1549. A century later, Christianity had been formally eradicated through a series of state persecutions and prohibitions that had effect into modern times. One of the most important witnesses of the so-called "Christian century" in Japan was the Portuguese Jesuit, João Rodrigues "Tsûzu" (c.1561-1633), known by his Japanese moniker, "the Interpreter". Among his extant writings is an incomplete work about Japan. Of this projected multi-volume História da Igreja do Japão, only the first three books in two parts have come down to the present day. This edition presents book three of the second part, published here for the first time in the Portuguese language and titled, Segunda parte da História Eclesiástica de Japão. The Rodrigues manuscript was written from exile in Macao. It provides an important account of the early history of Christianity in Asia...