Download or read book Tales of Foreign Settlements in Japan written by Harold S. Williams and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2012-07-09 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here are twenty-five tales about the Foreign Settlements or Concessions in Japan following the opening of the country to foreign trade in 1859, and an additional ten strange stories that revoke around those times. The tales are historically accurate, sociologically significant and, most important of all, eminently readable. These Tales of Foreign Settlements in Japan are the product of years of painstaking and scholarly research by a writer who is a business man and a recognized authority on the history of the Foreign Concessions in Japan, a man who has resided here for over thirty-five years.
Download or read book Tales of the Foreign Settlements in Japan written by Harold S. Williams and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tales of the foreign settlements in Japan Decorations by J Williams written by and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tales of the Foreign Settlements in Japan Decorations by Jean Williams written by Harold Stennett WILLIAMS and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Foreigners in Mikadoland written by Harold S. Williams and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2011-12-20 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an account of life in the foreign communities and former Foreign Settlements or Concessions in Japan that flourished after Japan was opened to foreign trade in 1859. It tells of the imposters, the eccentrics, and the scandals, no less than the achievements of the scholars, the merchants, and the diplomats who contributed so much to the development of modern Japan. Here you will meet Townsend Harris, the first U.S. Consul General to Japan, the Grand Duke Alexander, and many other less well known, but just as interesting figures such as the energetic Rev. Bailey, the remarkable Mr. McLeod, and the Misses Butterfly and Chrysanthemum. All these events are portrayed in a series of chapters, arranged as nearly as possible in chronological order, each woven around some of the happenings of those times. Carefully researched, all of these events are historically accurate in every detail, and are written in Mr. Williams' highly enjoyable style.
Download or read book Shades of the Past written by Harold S. Williams and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2012-02-14 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prowling among these stories about Japan one finds riffraff and gentlemen, pirates and warriors, saints and sinners, smugglers and legitimate businessmen. All those, in fact, who made up the foreign communities of Japan in the early days. Harold S. Williams tells about them with the same inimitable humor, irony, drama and whimsy that made his earlier Tales of the Foreign Settlements such a popular success. With due regard for historical accuracy he recreates those fantastic days and the furor and fun with which they were filled. Here you can enjoy the privileged social status of belonging to the Victorian Volunteer Steam Fire Engine Company of Yokohama; you can join those Japanese pirates who were the first to meet Englishmen; arbitrate Japan's first labor dispute, involving foreigners, of course; witness the massacre of forty thousand Japanese Christians; revel in Nagasaki when it was the Paris of the Far East; travel over the Tokaido when it was the most picturesque and colorful of the world's highways; watch at close range each gruesome detail of an act of harakiri; dive for sunken treasures; watch the world's largest wooden vessel burn to the water line; marvel at one of the greatest advertising feats of all time.
Download or read book Tales of the Settlement in Japan written by Harold S. Williams and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tales of Old Japan written by A. B. Mitford and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-06-04 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With almost an additional 15 illustrations this book that's already most absorbing read (with almost 3 dozens of B/W illustrations) [and especially to the myth readers] is now more entertaining and intriguing. Pertaining to showcase such critically acclaimed works like the 47 Ronin (A fascinating tale of honesty, bravery, integrity and vengeance), stories centered around the Otokodate (warriors of socialist and philological ideology), Knights, Warriors (Samurai and Assassins), Devil, Vampires, Witches, Royal Families, Ghosts, Animals and Mythological Animals and interpreting subliminal Japanese culture."
Download or read book Tales of Old Japan written by Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford Redesdale (1st baron) and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tales of Old Japan written by Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford Baron Redesdale and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tales of Old Japan written by Lord Redesdale and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-16 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The books which have been written of late years about Japan have either been compiledfrom official records, or have contained the sketchy impressions of passing travellers. Ofthe inner life of the Japanese the world at large knows but little: their religion, theirsuperstitions, their ways of thought, the hidden springs by which they move-all theseare as yet mysteries. Nor is this to be wondered at. The first Western men who came incontact with Japan-I am speaking not of the old Dutch and Portuguese traders andpriests, but of the diplomatists and merchants of eleven years ago-met with a coldreception. Above all things, the native Government threw obstacles in the way of anyinquiry into their language, literature, and history. The fact was that the Tycoon'sGovernment-with whom alone, so long as the Mikado remained in seclusion in hissacred capital at Kiôto, any relations were maintained-knew that the Imperial purplewith which they sought to invest their chief must quickly fade before the strong sunlightwhich would be brought upon it so soon as there should be European linguists capableof examining their books and records.
Download or read book Tales of Old Japan written by Lord Redesdale and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-20 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The books which have been written of late years about Japan have either been compiled from official records, or have contained the sketchy impressions of passing travellers. Of the inner life of the Japanese the world at large knows but little: their religion, their superstitions, their ways of thought, the hidden springs by which they move-all these are as yet mysteries. Nor is this to be wondered at. The first Western men who came in contact with Japan-I am speaking not of the old Dutch and Portuguese traders and priests, but of the diplomatists and merchants of eleven years ago-met with a cold reception. Above all things, the native Government threw obstacles in the way of any inquiry into their language, literature, and history.
Download or read book Tales Of Old Japan written by Algernon Freeman Mitford and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-14 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The books which have been written of late years about Japan have either been compiled from official records, or have contained the sketchy impressions of passing travellers. Of the inner life of the Japanese the world at large knows but little: their religion, their superstitions, their ways of thought, the hidden springs by which they move-all these are as yet mysteries. Nor is this to be wondered at. The first Western men who came in contact with Japan-I am speaking not of the old Dutch and Portuguese traders and priests, but of the diplomatists and merchants of eleven years ago-met with a cold reception. Above all things, the native Government threw obstacles in the way of any inquiry into their language, literature, and history. The fact was that the Tycoon's Government-with whom alone, so long as the Mikado remained in seclusion in his sacred capital at Kiôto, any relations were maintained-knew that the Imperial purple with which they sought to invest their chief must quickly fade before the strong sunlight which would be brought upon it so soon as there should be European linguists capable of examining their books and records. No opportunity was lost of throwing dust in the eyes of the new- comers, whom, even in the most trifling details, it was the official policy to lead astray. Now, however, there is no cause for concealment; the Roi Fainéant has shaken off his sloth, and his Maire du Palais, together, and an intelligible Government, which need not fear scrutiny from abroad, is the result: the records of the country being but so many proofs of the Mikado's title to power, there is no reason for keeping up any show of mystery. The path of inquiry is open to all; and although there is yet much to be learnt, some knowledge has been attained, in which it may interest those who stay at home to share.
Download or read book Tales of Old Japan written by Lord Redesdale and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-16 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The books which have been written of late years about Japan have either been compiledfrom official records, or have contained the sketchy impressions of passing travellers. Ofthe inner life of the Japanese the world at large knows but little: their religion, theirsuperstitions, their ways of thought, the hidden springs by which they move-all theseare as yet mysteries. Nor is this to be wondered at. The first Western men who came incontact with Japan-I am speaking not of the old Dutch and Portuguese traders andpriests, but of the diplomatists and merchants of eleven years ago-met with a coldreception. Above all things, the native Government threw obstacles in the way of anyinquiry into their language, literature, and history. The fact was that the Tycoon'sGovernment-with whom alone, so long as the Mikado remained in seclusion in hissacred capital at Kiôto, any relations were maintained-knew that the Imperial purplewith which they sought to invest their chief must quickly fade before the strong sunlightwhich would be brought upon it so soon as there should be European linguists capableof examining their books and records.
Download or read book Japan s Early Experience of Contract Management in the Treaty Ports written by Yuki Allyson Honjo and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-19 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first in-depth study of the early trial-and-error experiences of contracting between Japanese and western merchants trading in the Japanese Treaty Ports in the eighteen year period immediately following the opening of the ports in 1859. Fundamental to the equation were the inevitable east-west cultural and legal ambiguities that impacted on the traders. The learning curve for both westerners and Japanese regarding the nature and application of western contracting law was predictably difficult, tortuous and open to constant misunderstanding. Nevertheless, it was within such a framework that the principal benchmarks for trade with Japan were set down and which, in essence, have lasted to the present day.
Download or read book Tales from Tokio written by Clarence Ludlow Brownell and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tales Of Old Japan written by Algernon Freeman Mitford and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-14 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The books which have been written of late years about Japan have either been compiled from official records, or have contained the sketchy impressions of passing travellers. Of the inner life of the Japanese the world at large knows but little: their religion, their superstitions, their ways of thought, the hidden springs by which they move-all these are as yet mysteries. Nor is this to be wondered at. The first Western men who came in contact with Japan-I am speaking not of the old Dutch and Portuguese traders and priests, but of the diplomatists and merchants of eleven years ago-met with a cold reception. Above all things, the native Government threw obstacles in the way of any inquiry into their language, literature, and history. The fact was that the Tycoon's Government-with whom alone, so long as the Mikado remained in seclusion in his sacred capital at Kiôto, any relations were maintained-knew that the Imperial purple with which they sought to invest their chief must quickly fade before the strong sunlight which would be brought upon it so soon as there should be European linguists capable of examining their books and records. No opportunity was lost of throwing dust in the eyes of the new- comers, whom, even in the most trifling details, it was the official policy to lead astray. Now, however, there is no cause for concealment; the Roi Fainéant has shaken off his sloth, and his Maire du Palais, together, and an intelligible Government, which need not fear scrutiny from abroad, is the result: the records of the country being but so many proofs of the Mikado's title to power, there is no reason for keeping up any show of mystery. The path of inquiry is open to all; and although there is yet much to be learnt, some knowledge has been attained, in which it may interest those who stay at home to share.
