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cm 17 x 24, xvi-670 pp. con 79 figg. b/n n.t. e 32 tavole a colori f.t. Biblioteca dell'?Archivum Romanicum?. Serie I: Storia, Letteratura, Paleografia 450 Nel 1579 Alessandro Valignano giunge in Giappone per riorganizzare la missione gesuitica d?Oriente e scopre un paese inaspettato, di cultura antica e raffinata. Con il sostegno dei nobili giapponesi organizza un viaggio in Europa con quattro giovani aristocratici nipponici; i loro racconti costituiscono il corpus dell?opera, riportato qui nella sua prima e unica traduzione italiana. Il De Missione ? un?opera che sorprende per la sua modernit?, intento a tessere una ?cultura del dialogo?, quasi a volerci indicare la strada per una convivenza civile. In 1579 Alessandro Valignano travelled to Japan to reorganize the Jesuit mission in Asia and he discovered a surprising country with a sophisticated and ancient culture.With the support of Japanese noblemen, he organized a journey to Europe with four young Japanese aristocrats; their stories form the body of the work, offered here in its first and only Italian translation. De Missione is surprising in its modernity and it strives to establish a ?culture of dialogue?, almost as if to lay the groundwork for civil coexistence.In 1579 Alessandro Valignano travelled to Japan to reorganize the Jesuit mission in Asia and he discovered a surprising country with a sophisticated and ancient culture.With the support of Japanese noblemen, he organized a journey to Europe with four young Japanese aristocrats; their stories form the body of the work, offered here in its first and only Italian translation. De Missione is surprising in its modernity and it strives to establish a ?culture of dialogue?, almost as if to lay the groundwork for civil coexistence.In 1579 Alessandro Valignano travelled to Japan to reorganize the Jesuit mission in Asia and he discovered a surprising country with a sophisticated and ancient culture.With the support of Japanese noblemen, he organized a journey to Europe with four young Japanese aristocrats; their stories form the body of the work, offered here in its first and only Italian translation. De Missione is surprising in its modernity and it strives to establish a ?culture of dialogue?, almost as if to lay the groundwork for civil coexistence.In 1579 Alessandro Valignano travelled to Japan to reorganize the Jesuit mission in Asia and he discovered a surprising country with a sophisticated and ancient culture.With the support of Japanese noblemen, he organized a journey to Europe with four young Japanese aristocrats; their stories form the body of the work, offered here in its first and only Italian translation. De Missione is surprising in its modernity and it strives to establish a ?culture of dialogue?, almost as if to lay the groundwork for civil coexistence.In 1579 Alessandro Valignano travelled to Japan to reorganize the Jesuit mission in Asia and he discovered a surprising country with a sophisticated and ancient culture.With the support of Japanese noblemen, he organized a journey to Europe with four young Japanese aristocrats; their stories form the body of the work, offered here in its first and only Italian translation. De Missione is surprising in its modernity and it strives to establish a ?culture of dialogue?, almost as if to lay the groundwork for civil coexistence.In 1579 Alessandro Valignano travelled to Japan to reorganize the Jesuit mission in Asia and he discovered a surprising country with a sophisticated and ancient culture.With the support of Japanese noblemen, he organized a journey to Europe with four young Japanese aristocrats; their stories form the body of the work, offered here in its first and only Italian translation. De Missione is surprising in its modernity and it strives to establish a ?culture of dialogue?, almost as if to lay the groundwork for civil coexistence.In 1579 Alessandro Valignano travelled to Japan to reorganize the Jesuit mission in Asia and he discovered a surpri