Unbeaten Tracks in Japan: Volume 1 - An Account of Travels in Interior, Including Visits to Aborigines of

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext Isabella Bird's fascinating observational anecdotes of nineteenth-century Japan. Volume 1 recounts first impressions and native ways of life. Zusammenfassung This book by Isabella Bird was created from the letters that she wrote to her sister and others. The first volume records the details of the day-to-day life of the Japanese among whom she lived! as well as her first impressions and experiences as an Englishwoman travelling alone. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

Product details

• Authors: Isabella Lucy Bird, Bird Isabella Lucy, Bird Isabella Lucy
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.06.2010
• EAN: 9781108014625
• ISBN: 978-1-108-01462-5
• No. of pages: 432
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration in Asia
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Japan, TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Asian History, Classic Travel Writing, TRAVEL / Asia / East / Japan