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COOPER (Michael). RODRIGUES, o Intérprete: Um Jesuíta no Japão e na China. Lisboa. 1994. - COOPER (Michael) RODRIGUES, o Intérprete: Um Jesuíta no Japão e na China . Lisboa: Quetzal Editores, 1994. 416 pp.: il.;230 mm. First edition in Portuguese, translated from the original English work *Rodrigues the Interpreter: An Early Jesuit in Japan and China *, published in New York by Weatherhill in 1974. Michael Cooper, SJ (1930-2016), an English Jesuit specializing in the history of the Jesuit mission in Japan, traces in this volume the biography of João Rodrigues Tçuzu (Sernancelhe, c. 1561-Macau, 1633), one of the most extraordinary Portuguese figures of his time. Rodrigues left for Japan as a young man, where he learned the language with such mastery that he became the interpreter for the two great unifiers of the country, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu, and for years was the most influential European in Nagasaki and throughout Japan. He played an active role in the silk trade between China and Japan, became involved in the controversy over rites, and participated in the conflicts between the Ming and the Manchu invaders. Author of Arte da Lingoa de Iapam (1604) and Arte Breve da Língua de Japam (1620). A reference work for the history of Jesuit missions in the Far East and for the Portuguese presence in Japan and China. Esteemed and sought after. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate