Ritual and Law: Reception of Adam Laxman's expedition in Japan

V. Shchepkin; Kartashov K. M.

?

Ritual and Law: Reception of Adam Laxman's expedition in Japan

P. 149–158.

Shchepkin V., Kartashov K. M.

The factual head of the Japanese government, Matsudaira Sadanobu, declared
the ritual and the law as the foundation for receiving Adam Laxman’s expedition,
the first Russian mission to Japan. The article attempts at understanding
the meaning he ascribed to those notions through the lens of several sources
related to Laxman’s expedition.

Language: English

Full text

Keywords: Adam Laxman’s expedition history of Russian-Japanese relations foreign policy of the Tokugawa shogunate diplomatic protocol Matsudaira Sadanobu

In book

Russian Japanology Review. On the occasion of the 200th Anniversiry of the Institute of Oriental Studies of RAS

Issue 1. , M.: AIRO-XXI, 2018.

Шахимардан Ибрагимов о дипломатическом церемониале в русско-кокандских отношениях 1870-х годов

Kozintcev M. A., Pochekaev R. Y., Кунсткамера 2022 № 3 С. 20–30

For several years Shahimardan Ibragimov (1841–1891) served under the Governor-General of Turkestan Konstantin P. von Kaufmann — first as an interpreter in his office, then as a diplomatic official. Basically, he was in charge of the foreign relations of the regional administration of Russian Turkestan. At the same time, Sh. Ibragimov was a historian and ethnographer ...

Added: October 18, 2022

Дипломатический протокол при дворе правителя Хунзы (по запискам Б. Л. Громбчевского)

Pochekaev R. Y., Кунсткамера 2021 № 4 С. 28–36

Bronislav L. Grombchevskiy, a Russian military officer, traveler and later a high rank official, was the first European who gave a detailed description of the state of Hunza, or Kandjut (today a district within Pakistan). He describes its political system, legal relations, geology and zoology, climatology, etc. Grombchevskiy’s information on the organization of his reception ...

Added: December 24, 2021

От «красных людей» к «соседнему государству»: Мацудайра Саданобу и Россия

Shchepkin V., В кн.: История и культура Японии. Вып.12.: М.: Издательский дом НИУ ВШЭ, 2020. С. 371–384.

Matsudaira Sadanobu (1758-1829) was an actual head of Japanese government in 1787-1793 when relations with Russia had become one of the key questions for Japanese authorities. His success in the negotiations with Russian envoy Adam Laxman made him one of the most influential experts in external affairs even after his resignation. Through his autographic documents ...

Added: March 20, 2020

«Ритуал и закон»: прием экспедиции А. Лаксмана в Японии

Shchepkin V., Карташов К. М., Япония. Ежегодник 2017 Т. 46 С. 169–180

The factual head of the Japanese government, Matsudaira Sadanobu, declared the ritual and the law as the foundation for receiving Adam Laxman’s expedition, the first russian mission to Japan. The article attempts at understanding the meaning he ascribed to those notions through the lens of several sources related to Laxman’s expedition. ...

Added: January 28, 2019