The Hirohachi diary (1868-1869): the first historiographic account of a Japanese visit to Spain
Abstract
This study aims to bring out into the Spanish-speaking academic field The Hirohachi diary, a travelogue written by Takano Hirohachi throughout the world tour that the Imperial Japanese Troupe made between late 1866 and early 1869. The record kept by Hirohachi, as supervisor of the pioneering circus troupe, during their stay in the Iberian Peninsula, in 1868, can be considered the first account of a Japanese visit to Spain after Japan’s policy of seclusion or sakoku. This fact highlights both the historiographic value of the text and the significance and suitability of its translation into Spanish. This translation follows the 1977 and 2005 editions, both of which truthfully reproduce the diary as it was found in 1975.
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