The Japanese discovery of Victorian Britain : early travel encounters in the Far West / Andrew Cobbing.
The investigations undertaken in the pursuit of knowledge by the first overseas Japanese travellers during the 1860s and 70s have left a unique record of life in the then unknown west. Leaving behind a homeland culturally isolated for more than 200 years, these samurai travellers were especially fas...
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Richmond, Surrey :
Japan Library,
[1998]
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| Series: | Meiji Japan series ;
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 Tidings from Afar: Early Travels in the West; Japanese Images of Britain During the Sakoku Period; Early Overseas Missions; Students; i) Bakufu Students; ii) Illegal Students, the Mikkōsha; The First Years of Passport Travel; Overseas Travel in the Early Meiji Years; 2 The Victorian World on the Voyage to Europe; Overseas Travellers and the Japanese Diary Tradition; The Voyage to Europe and the British Empire; i) Departure and the Constraints of Sea Travel; ii) The China Experience: Shanghai and Hong Kong.
- Iii) Singapore, the Indian Ocean and the Middle Eastiv) Europe; The Age of Steam Through the Eyes of the samurai; Early Cultural Encounters in the Victorian World; 3 Adventures in Victorian Britain; Early Japanese Images of London; Tours of Observation; Tours of Observation in the Eyes of the Victorian Press; Japanese Students in London and their Victorian Mentors; The Japanese Boom in London in the Early Meiji Years; Japanese Students Outside London; Further adventures; i) Financial Difficulties; ii) Commercial Ventures; iii) The Society of Japanese Students.
- Iv) Published Works and Journalismv) Artistic Pursuits; vi) Rites of Passage; 4 Return to Japan; Student Regulations and the Recall from Britain; Later Careers; i) The Campaign for Liberal Rights; ii) Publications; iii) Education; 5 The Matter of Victorian Britain; Eikoku Tansaku and the Takenouchi Mission; Seiyō Jijō and the Takenouchi Mission; Seiyō Bunken Roku and Student Life in Britain; Kavran Jikki and the Iwakura Embassy; Conclusion; Appendix: Biographical Notes; Notes and References; Select Bibliography; Index.