As We Saw Them: The First Japanese Embassy to the United States

by Masao Miyoshi

Book Overview

"Masao Miyoshi's masterful account is, by turns, alarming and hilarious as two cultures meet at the court of President James Buchanan. Their mutual incomprehension is, alas, still relevant as inscrutable East fails to make sense of mysterious West, and vice versa."--Gore Vidal

"Miyoshi has given a marvelous and revealing account of a dramatic case of confrontation of cultures and civilizations. It yields much insight into our own society,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1589880234
• ISBN13: 9781589880238
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Paul Dry Books
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.4"