Cortazzi Mitford's Japan

Memories and Recollections, 1866-1906
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-1-134-27946-3
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 338 Seiten

As the preface to this new edition points out, Mitford (Algernon Bertram, the first Lord Redesdale) was a gifted writer whose descriptions of Japan, during the critical time of transition from a feudal to a modern state in the late nineteenth century, are a testimony to his narrative skills, accuracy and objective reporting - qualities which are sometimes overshadowed by the higher profile given to his contemporary Ernest Satow. Accordingly, this new paperback edition, which makes the Mitford memoirs available to a much wider audience, includes a wide selection of extracts from Mitford's bestselling Tales of Old Japan (1871) - what Mitford, according to Carmen Blacker, perceived as the essence of the Japanese spirit: 'heroic, ruthless, devotedly loyal, bloody and chivalrous'.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cortazzi, Hugh

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Sources

Preface to new edition

Introduction

Historical note

'Old and new Japan'

From Memories:

1866-7

The Shogun or Tycoon

An adventurous journey

Civil war

'Mukashi'

The Mikado

Sensation diplomacy

Betwixt old and new

The 'Gijiin' or Parliament

The reception of the Duke of Edinburgh

'A holiday in Japan'

The Garter Mission, 1906

Gardens in Japan

Tales of Old Japan

Notes

Editor's notes

Index