Victorians in Japan: In and Around the Treaty Ports

by Hugh Cortazzi

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780939752
• ISBN13: 9781780939759
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 386 Pages
• Weight: 1.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"