Acceptance, rejection and transformation : Christianity and the historical climate of Japan / Obara Satoru 尾原悟

Companions of Jesus in the Kirishitan era in Japan : the fresh spirit of Ignatius / Obara Satoru 尾原悟

Episutora ゑぴすとら / Ebisawa Arimichi 海老沢有道, 1910-1992

From the rising of the sun : Christians and society in contemporary Japan / James M. Philips. 

Furanshisuko Zabieru: Kibō no kiseki フランシスコ・ザビエル：希望の軌跡 / Cieslik Hubert, auth.

Hijiri Savieru den : Nihon Kirisuto kyōshi josetsu 聖サヸエル傅 : 日本基督教史序說 / Hiyane Antei 比屋根安定

Includes bibliographical references (p. 1-4). 

Junkyō : Nihonjin wa nani o shinkōshita ka 殉教 : 日本人わ何お信仰したか / Yamamoto Hirofumi 山本博文

Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-253).

Kirishitan kenkyū shiryō : Fukkatsuki no urakami shiryō to kirishitan kankei kenkyū bunken キリシタン研究資料 : 復活期の「浦上資料」とキリシタン関係研究文献 / Shimizu Hirokazu 清水紘一 

Kirishitan kinseishi キリシタン禁制史 / Shimizu Hirokazu 清水紘一, auth.

Kirishitan to shuppan キリシタンと出版 / Toyoshima Masayuki 豊島正之

Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-348) and index.

Kirishitan・rangakushū 切支丹・蘭学集 / Sugiura Minpei 杉浦明平, auth 

Kirisuto no akashibito キリストの証し人 / Cieslik, Hubert フーベルト • チースリク

Minna suisei wo mite ita : shiteki Kirishitan tanbōki みんな彗星お見ていた : 私的キリシタン探訪記 / Hoshino Hiromi 星野博美 

Includes bibliographical references (pages 460-462).

Nanban junrei 南蛮巡礼 / Matsuda Kiichi 松田毅一

Nihon Kirisuto kyōshi 日本キリスト教史 / Gonoi Takashi 五野井隆史

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nihon no kyōkai no rekishi : Zabieru kara hajimatta 日本の教会の歴史 : ザビエルからはじまった / Yūki Ryōgo 結城了悟

Includes Index.

Parallel lives, congenial visions : Christian precursors of modernity in China and Japan / Leopold Leeb.

"Authorised translation from the Chinese language edition Wo de lingru 我的灵儒 first published by Institute of Sino-Christian Studies, Tao Feng Shan, Hong Kong, 2023"--t.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Content:
This book introduces the history of cultural exchanges between East Asia and the West through comparative biographical sketches of sixty personalities from China and Japan. These sketches illustrate how both countries, starting from a shared cultural heritage in script and Confucian, Buddhist, and Daoist worldviews, took rather different approaches in their encounters with the European world since the 16th to 17th centuries. In particular in the 19th century under external and internal pressure, both nations strove to modernize their societies by introducing technology and new ideas from the Western world, turning them into political rivals and even enemies. Thus, these biographical sketches also shed some light on the general dynamics of cross-cultural interactions between China, Japan, and the West up to the early 20th century.

The Chinese and Japanese men and women presented in this book are outstanding personalities who tried to open up the road to international relationships, pioneers in their respective domains who introduced Western culture to their nations, precursors who strove for modernization, e.g., in the fields of translation, education, medicine, media, and social welfare. They testify to individual agency in these cross-cultural exchanges. Many of those who tried to be “cultural bridge-builders” since the 16th century were Christians, simply because the missionaries, who worked hard to learn the native languages of China and Japan, were the first to introduce new cultural elements to these countries. The universal scope and vision of the Christian faith enabled both missionaries and native believers to overcome narrow nationalism or xenophobia and turned them into cross-cultural mediators.

Table of Contents:
Preface by He Guanghu
Preface by Muraoka Takamitsu
Preface by the Author

Introduction
Chapter One: The Trailblazers’ Guides: Anjirō (ca. 1520–1565) and Zhong Mingren (1562–1621)
Chapter Two: The First Translators of European Texts: Yohoken (ca. 1510–1596) and Xu Ruohan (ca. 1670–1740)
Chapter Three: Noble Promoters of Military Reforms: Ōtomo Sōrin (1530–1587) and Xu Guangqi (1562–1633)
Chapter Four: “Grace” and “Brilliance”: Hosokawa Garasha (1563–1600) and Candida Xu (1607–1680)
Chapter Five: Pioneers of Comparative Philosophy: Fukansai (1565–1621) and Yang Tingyun (ca. 1557–1628)
Chapter Six: The First Native Priests: Kimura (1565–1622) and Luo Wenzao (1617–1691)
Chapter Seven: The First Travelers to Europe: Itō Mancio (1569–1612) and Zheng Manuo (1633–1673)
Chapter Eight: Precursors of the Internationalization of the Script: Dourado (1567–1620) and Wang Zheng (1571–1644)
Chapter Nine: The First Editors of Bilingual Dictionaries: Martin Hara (1568–1629) and Huang Risheng (1679–1716)
Chapter Ten: The Earliest Celebrities in Europe: Hasekura Tsunenaga (1571–1622) and Shen Fuzong (ca. 1658–1692)
Chapter Eleven: Western Art in the East: Jacobus Niva (Ni Yagu, 1579–1638) and You Wenhui (1575–1633)
Chapter Twelve: Hope of the Suppressed: Amakusa Shirō (1622–1638) and Wang Maria (ca. 1855–1900)
Chapter Thirteen: Interrogation of a Messenger from the West: Arai Hakuseki (1657–1725) and Kangxi (r. 1662–1722)
Chapter Fourteen: Early Students of Western Medicine: Gao Leisi (1732–1795), Yang Dewang (1733–1798), and Sugita Genpaku (1733–1817)
Chapter Fifteen: The First Teachers of Western Languages: Ogata Kōan (1810–1863) and Xue Madou (ca. 1780–1860)
Chapter Sixteen: Organizers of Modern Media: Fukuzawa Yukichi (1835–1901) and Ying Lianzhi (1866–1926)
Chapter Seventeen: Creators of Universities: Yan Yongjing (1838–1898) and Niijima Jō (1843–1890)
Chapter Eighteen: Entrepreneurs and Philanthropists: Shibusawa Eiichi (1840–1931) and Lu Bohong (1875–1937)
Chapter Nineteen: The First Female Physicians: Ogino Ginko (1851–1913) and Jin Yamei (1864–1934)
Chapter Twenty: Pioneers of Women’s Education: Tsuda Umeko (1864–1929) and Zeng Baosun (1893–1978)
Chapter Twenty-One: Faith on the Way to Inculturation: Uemura Masahisa (1858–1925) and Zhao Zichen (T.C. Chao, 1888–1979)
Chapter Twenty-Two: Fathers of Constitutional Law: Ume Kenjirō (1860–1910) and Wu Jingxiong (1899–1986)
Chapter Twenty-Three: Creators of an Image of the East: Nitobe Inazō (1862–1933) and Gu Hongming (1857–1928)
Chapter Twenty-Four: Independent Prophets: Uchimura Kanzō (1861–1930) and Wang Mingdao (1900–1991)
Chapter Twenty-Five: Pioneers in the Study of History: Saeki Yoshirō (1871–1965) and Chen Yuan (1880–1971)
Chapter Twenty-Six: The First Students of Classical Hebrew: Kotsuji Setsuzō (1887–1965) and Li Rongfang (1899–1973)
Chapter Twenty-Seven: Indigenization of Christian Art: Chen Yuandu (1903–1967) and Watanabe Sadao (1913–1996)
Chapter Twenty-Eight: A Life for the Poor: Wu Yongbo (1916–2002) and Kitahara Satoko (1929–1958)
Conclusion: Two Nations on the Way to Modernity

Saikai no tenshu dōji 西海の天主堂路 / Ide Michio 井出道雄

Includes bibliographical references. 

Seibo ga mimamotta kiseki: Nagasaki no kyōkaigun to kirisutokyō kanren isan 聖母が見守った奇跡: 長崎の教会群とキリスト教関連遺産 / Tokubetsuten “Seibo ga Mimamotta Kiseki” Ten Jikkō Iinkai 特別展「聖母が見守った奇跡」展実行委員会 , auth.

Seihanga Kobunsho Nihon Nijūroku Seijin Junkyōroku: Jeronimo de Jesusu Shokan narabi ni Hōkoku 西班牙古文書 日本二十六聖人殉教録：ジェロニモ・デ・ジェスス書翰並びに報告/ Sakuma Tadashi 佐久間正, auth. 

Yokohama Shiritsu Daigaku Kiyō 横浜市立大學紀要 = Journal of Yokohama Municipal University, Series A-7, No. 26