KULTUROWY WYMIAR POLSKIEJ ORIENTALISTYKI. WIESŁAW KOTAŃSKI I JEGO BADANIA NAD KULTURĄ JAPONII
THE CULTURAL DIMENSION OF POLISH ORIENTAL STUDIES. WIESŁAW KOTAŃSKI AND HIS RESEARCH ON JAPANESE CULTURE

Summary/Abstract: The main aim of the article is to analysis the achievements of Wiesław Kotański in the context of global research on Japanese culture. We can identify at least two reasons for taking up this subject. Firstly, he was one of the most important researchers of Japan in Poland. He is not only renowned for his works for the creation of Polish Japanese studies, but also with attempts to formulate a methodology for the study of Japanese culture. In addition, as a translator, he brought the monuments of Japanese literature closer to the Polish readers. Secondly, as one of the few contemporary Polish orientalists, he is considered to be an important researcher of Japan outside Poland. His contribution to the translation of the oldest monument of Japanese literature, Kojiki, is particularly important. This includes the development of methods for translating this extremely difficult and ambiguous text.

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