Tales of Old Japan

Il diplomatico inglese Algernon Freeman-Mitford ebbe la fortuna – e lo è anche per noi che possiamo leggere la sua testimonianza in presa diretta – di viaggiare in Giappone tra il 1866 e il 1869, durante il delicato momento di passaggio tra il Periodo Edo e il Periodo Meiji, quando il potere tornò f......more

This is a wonderful book. Mitford was one of the very first westerners to go to Japan and learnt to speak and read Japanese. He was there at an extraordinary time - when the struggle between the shogunate and the shogun’s ancient enemies, the south western clans, was at its height. He was privileged......more

An interesting purview of some of the cultural stories and customs of Japan before its modernization in the 1870s, told by a high-ranking British official who was one of the first foreigners allowed access into the country. The collection is a bit jumbled, but together they form a picture of what Ja......more