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Unbeaten Tracks in Japan - Volume 1

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. April 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 606g
• ISBN-13: 9781108014625
• ISBN-10: 1108014623
• Artikelnr.: 30367207

Autorenporträt

William de Lange studied Japanese language and culture at the universities of Leiden and Waseda. He is the author and translator of a number of books on Japanese history, culture, and language.

Inhaltsangabe

Introductory chapter
1. First view of Japan
2. Sir Harry Parkes
3. Yedo and Tôkiyô
4. Lifeless heat
5. Narrow grooves
6. Dr. Hepburn
7. Theatrical reform
8. Kwan-non Temple
9. Fears
10. A Japanese idyll
11. The beauties of Nikkô
12. A Japanese pack-horse and pack-saddle
13. Peaceful monotony
14. Comfort disappears
15. A fantastic jumble
16. The plain of Wakamatsu
17. An infamous road
18. A hurry
Notes on missions in Niigata
19. Temple Street
20. Abominable weather
21. Mean streets
Notes on food and cookery
22. The canal-side at Niigata
23. Comely kine
24. Prosperity
25. The effect of a chicken
26. The necessity of firmness
27. A silk factory
28. A plague of immoderate rain
29. The symbolism of seaweed
30. A holiday scene
31. The fatigues of travelling
32. Good-tempered intoxication
33. Torrents of rain
34. Hope deferred
35. A lady's toilet
36. A travelling curiosity
37. A hard day's journey.