Mr Kateki and Love

The History of a Global Object

Autor/innen

  • Susanna Burghartz
https://doi.org/10.24437/globaleurope.i120.453

Schlagworte:

Kateki Sama, Erasmus of Rotterdam, Material Culture, Early Dutch-Japanese Relations, Global History and Global Hybrids

Abstract

This article examines a figure of transcultural misunderstandings: Katekisama. A statue of this name is owned by a Japanese Buddhist monastery and kept as national heritage in the national Museum in Tokyo – but this figure is none other than Erasmus of Rotterdam. Coming to Japan as a ship figure more than 400 years ago, it has shifted, accumulated, and merged identities for centuries.

Autor/innen-Biografie

Susanna Burghartz

This article examines a figure of transcultural misunderstandings: Katekisama. A statue of this name is owned by a Japanese Buddhist monastery and kept as national heritage in the national Museum in Tokyo – but this figure is none other than Erasmus of Rotterdam. Coming to Japan as a ship figure more than 400 years ago, it has shifted, accumulated, and merged identities for centuries.

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03.08.2021