Mary B. McVee & Suzanne M. Miller 
The Furthest Goal [PDF ebook] 
Engelbert Kaempfers Encounter with Tokugawa Japan

This important study brings together some of the best current research on Kaempfer (author of the History of Japan, also published by Curzon) for the first time and includes a close analysis of 6 key topics from the writing of the History to an interpretation of the interpreter himself.