Kaempfer's Japan: Tokugawa Culture Observed [Engelbert Kaempfer, Beatrice Bodart-Bailey, Beatrice M. Bodart-Bailey] on *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Engelbert Kaempfer's History of Japan was a best-seller from the moment it was published in London in 1727. Born in Westphalia in 1651 Das Werk Engelbert Kaempfers stand lange Zeit unter keinem guten Stern und ist eigentlich fast ausschlie