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The mikado's empire (Volume II): Book II. - Personal Experiences. Observations, And Studies in Japan, 1870-1874 Book III.-Supplementary Chapters, Incl

The mikado's empire (Volume II): Book II. - Personal Experiences. Observations, And Studies in Japan, 1870-1874 Book III.-Supplementary Chapters, Incl

Elliot Griffis, William

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African HistoryAnthropologyGeneral Europe

ISBN10: 9353703352
ISBN13: 9789353703356
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: May 20 2019
Pages: 436
Weight: 1.21
Height: 0.97 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Step into Japan at the moment it remade itself. Japan is changing before you. In Volume II of The Mikado's Empire, William Elliot Griffis records what he saw, learned, and tested against his own assumptions, offering a vivid historical travel memoir with the immediacy of a 19th century travelogue. These pages gather personal experiences and close observation from Japan 1870 1874, set against the wider currents of Meiji era Japan and the meiji restoration japan. Griffis writes as a curious Western witness and careful student, making this a standout among western accounts of japan: attentive to everyday realities, alert to political and cultural shifts, and grounded in the questions that still animate Japan studies primary source reading today. Book III extends the frame with supplementary chapters that trace japanese history to 1912, turning the volume into a durable asian history reference as well as classic japan travel writing. Long valued as a historical memoir collection for readers seeking texture, perspective, and first-hand testimony, The Mikado's Empire remains significant for how it captures a nation in transition through a single observer's engaged, sometimes challenging, always revealing lens. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint -- a collector's item and a cultural treasure for casual readers, researchers, and lovers of the classic reprint edition alike.

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