The Poetic Knowledge of Shizuki Tadao

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dc.identifier	ECF_article_8289
dc.title	The Poetic Knowledge of Shizuki Tadao. Traces of Dutch Poet Jacob Cats in Early Nineteenth-Century Japan
dc.contributor.author	Nespoli Lorenzo
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/annali-di-ca-foscari-serie-orientale/2022/1/the-poetic-knowledge-of-shizuki-tadao/
dc.description.abstract	In the history of the Dutch-Japanese relations, Shizuki Tadao is recognised as an extraordinary scholar. However, his translations of European books from Dutch into Japanese only paint a partial picture of his research. In fact, he also developed valuable theories on language that allowed the Japanese to better grasp Dutch. Furthermore, he introduced European grammatical concepts and terminology in Japan. A lesser-known interest of Shizuki was poetry, evidenced by three citations from the Dutch poet Jacob Cats (1577‑1660), found in Shizuki’s works on language, by two Dutch poems attributed to him, and by an additional indirect reference to Shizuki’s knowledge on the theory of poetry. The present article aims at better understanding the figure of Shizuki as a scholar of Dutch and to add a piece to the research on the spreading of Cats’ emblems.
dc.relation.ispartof	Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie orientale
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 58 \| June 2022
dc.issued	2022-06-30
dc.dateAccepted	2022-05-17
dc.dateSubmitted	2022-02-14
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2385-3042
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/AnnOr/2385-3042/2022/01/029
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Dutch poetry
dc.subject	Dutch studies
dc.subject	Emblems
dc.subject	Jacob Cats
dc.subject	Nakano Ryūho
dc.subject	Rangaku
dc.subject	Rangogaku
dc.subject	Shizuki Tadao
dc.subject	Tatoe

Research Article
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Traces of Dutch Poet Jacob Cats in Early Nineteenth-Century Japan

Lorenzo Nespoli Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia; Universiteit Leiden, Nederland

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In the history of the Dutch-Japanese relations, Shizuki Tadao is recognised as an extraordinary scholar. However, his translations of European books from Dutch into Japanese only paint a partial picture of his research. In fact, he also developed valuable theories on language that allowed the Japanese to better grasp Dutch. Furthermore, he introduced European grammatical concepts and terminology in Japan. A lesser-known interest of Shizuki was poetry, evidenced by three citations from the Dutch poet Jacob Cats (1577‑1660), found in Shizuki’s works on language, by two Dutch poems attributed to him, and by an additional indirect reference to Shizuki’s knowledge on the theory of poetry. The present article aims at better understanding the figure of Shizuki as a scholar of Dutch and to add a piece to the research on the spreading of Cats’ emblems.

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June 30, 2022

Accepted

May 17, 2022

Submitted

Feb. 14, 2022

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Keywords: Emblems • Dutch poetry • Shizuki Tadao • Rangogaku • Jacob Cats • Tatoe • Dutch studies • Rangaku • Nakano Ryūho

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