Victorians in Japan: In and around the Treaty Ports

by Hugh Cortazzi (Editor)

Overview

An anthology of impressions, 'snapshots' and anecdotes, this collection of vignettes conveys vividly what it was like to be a foreigner in Japan in Victorian times. The focus is upon Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe, Yokohama, Nagasaki and the other Treaty ports and their vicinity. This amusing and evocative book throws a revealing light both upon the Victorian experience of Japan and upon Japan itself.

First published in 1987, this title is part of the Bloomsbury Academic Collections series.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781780939759
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	05/08/2014
Series:	Bloomsbury Academic Collections: Japan
Pages:	386
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.88(d)

About the Author

Sir Hugh Cortazzi was British Ambassador to Japan from 1980-1984.