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Wang Khi; San thsai thou hoei
(Chinese Encyclopedia )
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Taken from: Wakan-Sansai-Zue
The book got actually written in 1607
The land of the Tseng szu of Kuen lun is in de south eastern sea. One finds there a bird called pheng, who why flying obscures the sun. It can swallow a camel. and its quills are used for water-casks. The body of the inhabitants of this country is like covered with a black varnish. They take slaves from among themselves and sell them in foreign markets, and they receive textiles and provisions.
In our days arrive on the ships of the Dutch people of which the body is painted with black varnish. They are normally called Kouro bo (in Chinese He fang) They are that lightly built and are that quick, that they climb without problems the masts of the ships. The word Kon ron (according to the Japanese translation) is the Chinese term Kuen lun. The word bo (in Chinese fang) is a person without hair on the head and without any on the body (this makes Kouro bo, a black bald person).
I did not find the picture of this encyclopedia but found some others showing westerners arriving in Japan. They are details taken out of a Japanese painting called Southern Barbarians.
