Things Japanese : being notes on various subjects connected with Japan for the use of travellers and others
(2007)
Nonfiction
eBook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Stone Bridge Press : Made available through hoopla, 2007
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9780893469689 (electronic bk.) MWT11869669, 0893469688 (electronic bk.) 11869669
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
An engaging collection about everything from the abacus to zoology in Japan, designed to preserve knowledge about a society that was modernizing beyond recognition. This book remains an erudite source of information about culture, history, art, religion, and daily life. Basil Hall Chamberlain (1850-1935) lived in Japan for thirty-five years and was one of the foremost Japanologists of his day
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