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Oranda ga tooru: ningen kôryû no edo bijutsushi [The Dutch in Japan: a history of Edo-period art from the perspective of human interaction]

The book addresses 'exchange of persons', that is, the presence of Western people in Japan's Edo Period – generally said to be a time of isolation. It recognises we know about these 'exchanges' through legacies of words and images, which are themselves constructions. It is in two parts: firstly case studies: (1) Western visitors to Edo Castle, (2) foreign tourists in Kyoto, (3) The encounter between Japanese and foreigner sailors at sea, (4) 'Places of International Encounter' the 'Dutch parlor' created by Yoshio Kosaku, (5) Disposal of foreign (Christian) bodies. Part two looks in-depth at two European scholars in Japan at the time, Carl Peter Thumberg and Isaac Titsingh.