After Pagès and Petitjean introduced the literatures, the basis for the study was laid out by the thesis written by Ernest Mason Satow and "The Jesuit Mission Press in Japan, 1591-1610" (London privately printed, 1888).
パジェスやプチジャンの諸文献の紹介の後、アーネスト・サトウの論攷、『日本イエズス会刊行書誌』(TheJesuitMissionPressinJapan,1591-1610.Londonprivatelyprinted,1888.)によって、研究の礎が築かれた。