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Mitford's Japan
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- Book Synopsis
- 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'.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781903350072
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Routledge, (29 August 2002)
- Number of Pages
- 320
- Weight
- 476 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 229 x 152 mm
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