Episode 246 - There and Back Again
Episode 246 - There and Back Again  
Podcast: History of Japan
Published On: Sat Jun 30 2018
Description: This week, we cover the story of Engelbert Kaempfer, who wrote one of the most thorough and best known accounts of Japan for Western consumption before the Meiji era. How did this random German dude end up in Japan? What did he write about it? What did he think of it? And why do we care?