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Alessandro Valignano
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1539–1606 · Italian Jesuit missionary

Also known as: Alessandro Valegnani, Alessandro Valignani, Alexander Valignanus, Алессандро Валиньяно, 알렉산드로 발리냐노, アレッサンドロ・ヴァリニャーノ

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Known works

  • Nihon junsatsuki
  • Higashi Indo junsatsuki
  • Nouveaux advis du royaume de la Chine, du Jappon et de l'estat du Roy de Mogor, successeur du grand Tamburla[n] & d'autres royaumes des Indes à luy subjects
  • Il cerimoniale per i missionari del Giappone
  • Sumario de las cosas de Japón (1583) Adiciones del Sumario de Japón (1592) Editados por José Luis Alvarez-Taladriz (1954)