Unbeaten Tracks in Japan: Volume 2 - 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.Isabella Bird's Unbeaten Tracks in Japan was created from the letters that she wrote home to her sister and others. In this second volume her journey continues to Kyoto and Tokyo, and she lives among the Hairy Ainu, continuing to increase her familiarity with Japanese customs and people. Inhaltsverzeichnis Notes on Yezo; 38. Form and colour; 39. Ito's delinquency; 40. A lovely sunset; 41. Savage life; 42. Barrenness of savage life; 43. A parting gift; 44. A welcome gift; 45. More than peace; 46. A group of fathers; 47. A dubious climate; 48. Pleasant last impressions; 49. Pleasant prospects; Notes on Tôkiyô; 50. A dirty sky; 51. The Hiroshima Maru; 52. Mountain-girdled Kiyôto; 53. The Protestants of Buddhism; 54. Kiyôto shopping; 55. Hugging a Hibachi; Notes on the Isé shrines; 56. A dreary shrine; 57. My Kuruma-runner; 58. Water-ways in Ôsaka; 59. Fine weather; A chapter on Japanese public affairs; Appendix; Index.

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: 9781108014632
• ISBN: 978-1-108-01463-2
• No. of pages: 404
• 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; Travel > Travel guides > Asia; 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