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Victorians in Japan : in and around the treaty ports / edited by Hugh Cortazzi

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London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2012.
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1 online resource (xviii, 365 pages) : illustrations
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Cortazzi, Hugh
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Contents
Cover -- Contents -- Map -- Introduction -- Historical background -- Note on Currency -- Note on Orthography -- I: The Treaty ports -- Nagasaki -- Hakodate -- Yokohama -- Edo/Tokyo -- Osaka -- Kobe/Hyogo -- Niigata -- II: Some of the places explored around the Treaty ports -- Kyoto -- Mount Fuji -- The Tokaido -- Miyanoshita, Hakone and Atami -- Kamakura -- Nikko -- III: Daily life in a strange land -- Fleas and other disturbances in Japanese inns -- Food was a problem -- Fascination and horror: hot baths and naked bodies -- Brothels and mistresses -- Hunting, shooting, racing -- Encounters with journalists -- The jinrikisha -- The first railways -- Language problems -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
Summary
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.
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9781780939773 (electronic bk.)
1780939779 (electronic bk.)
9781472553645 (online)
1472553640
9781780939766 (electronic book)
1780939760
9781780939759
1780939752
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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