Empire of Dogs - Canines, Japan, and the Making of the Modern Imperial World

Klappentext In 1924! Professor Ueno Eizaburo of Tokyo Imperial University adopted an Akita puppy he named Hachiko. Each evening Hachiko greeted Ueno on his return to Shibuya Station. In May 1925 Ueno died while giving a lecture. Every day for over nine years the Akita waited at Shibuya Station! eventually becoming nationally and even internationally famous... Zusammenfassung In 1924! Professor Ueno Eizaburo of Tokyo Imperial University adopted an Akita puppy he named Hachiko. Each evening Hachiko greeted Ueno on his return to Shibuya Station. In May 1925 Ueno died while giving a lecture. Every day for over nine years the Akita waited at Shibuya Station! eventually becoming nationally and even internationally famous...

Product details

• Authors: Aaron Skabelund, Aaron Herald Skabelund
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2019
• EAN: 9781501735882
• ISBN: 978-1-5017-3588-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University; Studies of the Weatherhead Eas; Studies of the Weatherhead Eas; Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous