Basil Hall Chamberlain

Things Japanese (eBook, ePUB)

Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with Japan

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Stone Bridge Press
• Seitenzahl: 540
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780893469689
• Artikelnr.: 38236251

Autorenporträt

Basil Hall Chamberlin (1850-1935) was a professor at Tokyo Imperial University and one of the foremost British 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.