The Bamboo Garden is a novel written by Algernon B. Freeman-Mitford, a British diplomat and writer, first published in 1896. The story is set in Japan and follows the life of a young Englishman named Hugh Neville, who travels to Japan to work as a secretary for the British Legation in Tokyo. Neville is fascinated by Japanese culture and becomes friends with a Japanese nobleman named Prince Hagiwara, who introduces him to the world of Japanese art,...