来自日本的绅士:从亚洲到伊丽莎白女王宫廷的不为人知的故事 A Gentleman from Japan: The Untold Story of an Incredible Journey from Asia to Queen Elizabeths Court

基本信息

Format:Hardback 432 pages

Publisher: Hanover Square Press

Imprint: Hanover Square Press

ISBN:9781335016713

Published:21 May 2024

Weight:472g

Dimensions:156 x 302 x 235(mm)

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

这是一个令人难以置信的海洋故事，讲述了一个踏上北美和英国的日本人的故事，彻底颠覆了大航海时代。

1588 年 11 月 12 日，五名年轻的亚洲男子在二十一岁的克里斯托弗 (Christopher) 的带领下，沿泰晤士河而上，会见英国女王伊丽莎白一世。克里斯托弗 (Christopher) 史诗般的海上航行从日本出发，途经菲律宾、新西班牙 （墨西哥）、爪哇和南部非洲。 途中，他已成为北美一个有记载的日本人。 现在，克里斯托弗是一位访问英国的日本游客，没有其他人能够在未来的几个世纪里留下这样的遗产。

克里斯托弗的故事几乎被完全遗忘，以前从未被完整讲述过。

《来自日本的绅士》是一部快节奏的历史叙事，讲述了大航海时代的冒险、跨文化努力、知识交流、毅力、间谍活动和冲突。

An incredible sea story that turns the Age of Exploration on its head, following the first Japanese man to set foot on North America and England.

On November 12, 1588, five young Asian men—led by a twenty-one-year-old called Christopher—traveled up the River Thames to meet Queen Elizabeth I. Christopher’s epic sea voyage had spanned from Japan, via the Philippines, New Spain (Mexico), Java and Southern Africa. On the way, he had already become the first recorded Japanese person in North America. Now Christopher was the first ever Japanese visitor to England, and no other would leave such a legacy for centuries to come.

The story of Christopher is almost utterly forgotten and has never been fully told before.

A Gentleman from Japan is a fast-paced, historical narrative of adventure, cross-cultural endeavor, intellectual exchange, perseverance, espionage and conflict in the Age of Exploration.

作者简介

托马斯·洛克利 (Thomas Lockley) 是东京日本大学法学院的副教授，教授有关日本和东亚的国际和多元文化历史的课。 2019 年，他与人合着了《非洲武士》，这是世界上一本关于侍奉日本军阀信长的非洲武士弥助的书。在伦敦大学亚非学院 (SOAS) 访问学者期间，他 他的新书《来自日本的绅士：从亚洲到伊丽莎白女王宫廷的难以置信的旅程的不为人知的故事》背后的大部分研究。 他和他的家人住在日本千叶。

Thomas Lockley is Associate Professor at Nihon University College of Law in Tokyo, where he teaches courses about the international and multicultural history of Japan and East Asia. He co-authored African Samurai, the first book in the world about Yasuke, the African warrior who served the Japanese warlord Nobunaga, in 2019. While Visiting Scholar at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, he did much of the research behind his new book, A Gentleman from Japan: The Untold Story of an Incredible Journey from Asia to Queen Elizabeth’s Court. He and his family live in Chiba, Japan.