About the Author

Rotem Kowner is professor in the Department of Asian Studies at the University of Haifa.

Reviews

"This magisterial work fills an important gap in contemporary scholarship about racial history and European perceptions of the Japanese during the age of maritime explorations, beginning with the voyages of Marco Polo. The author approaches a delicate and complex topic with a breadth of knowledge and erudition based on the careful analysis of primary documents from a wide variety of both printed and manuscript sources in numerous languages." M. Antoni J. Ucerler, S.J. Center for the Pacific Rim, University of San Francisco