Things Japanese: 1905 - Large Fold-Out Colour Map of Japan

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Chamberlain, Basil Hall

Things Japanese. Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with Japan. For the Use of Travellers and Others

Uitgever: London: John Murray 1905, Good Condition, Hardcover Green Cloth, vi + 552pp + Large Fold-Out Colour Map of Japan

NOTES ON CONDITION
Spine & cover slightly scuffed
Map slightly torn in the margins with foxing: see photo

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.
Erschienen: 1905
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