Things Japanese: Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with Japan (Stone Bridge Classics) - Softcover

Chamberlain, Basil Hall

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9781933330273: Things Japanese: Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with Japan (Stone Bridge Classics)

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ISBN 10: 1933330279 ISBN 13: 9781933330273

Publisher: Stone Bridge Press, 2007

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An engaging collection about everything from the abacus to zoology in Japan, designed to preserve knowledge about a society that was modernizing beyond recognition. This book remains an erudite source of information about culture, history, art, religion, and daily life.

Basil Hall Chamberlain (1850–1935) lived in Japan for thirty-five years and was one of the foremost Japanologists of his day.

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Basil Chamberlain (1850-1935) arrived in Japan in 1873, and was immediately fascinated by its traditions. Teaching English, at the same time he studied the Japanese language, becoming a professor at Tokyo University. This 1890 book, organised alphabetically by topic, gives an affectionate account of aspects of fast-disappearing Japanese culture.

About the Author:

1850-1935. A professor of Tokyo Imperial Univ. and one of the foremost Britsih Japanologist of the late 19th century. A translator of haiku and classical Japanese, he was a brilliant linguist who studied Ainu and wrote books on Japanese language, learning, and travel. He lived in Japan from 1873 to 1911.

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