Travel Journals of Mathilde, Contessa Sallier De La Tour Into the - Interior of Japan, 1867 1870, Including Letters, Notes and Sketche

List of contents

Volume 1: Transcriptions of Mathilde’s Manuscripts in French & Sketchbook
Images and Photographs
Images of the Manuscripts
Preface & General Introduction (in French)
Acknowledgements (in French)
Editorial Notes (in French)
Part I: Le cahier de croquis de Mathilde / Mathilde’s Sketchbook (1869)
Part II: Transcriptions of Mathilde’s Notes, Letters and Travel Journals
Chapitre 1: Le voyage jusqu’au Japon - Égypte et Asie (avril-juin 1867)
Chapitre 2: Notes à propos de Yokohama et Edo (1867)
Chapitre 3: Cinq lettres envoyées du Japon et de la Chine (1867-70)
Chapitre 4: Une expedition dans l’intérieur du Japon (8-28 juin 1869)
Chapitre 5: Le voyage dans la mer intérieure du Japon et en Chine (1869-70)
Volume 2: English Translations of Mathilde’s Writings
Preface & General Introduction (in English)
Acknowledgements (in English)
Editorial Notes (in English)
Part III: Translations of Mathilde’s Notes, Letters and Travel Journals
Chapter 1: The Journey to Japan - Egypt and Asia (April-June 1867)
Chapter 2: Notes about Yokohama and Edo (1867)
Chapter 3: Five Letters sent from Japan and China (1867-70)
Chapter 4: An Expedition into the Interior of Japan (June 8th-28th, 1869)
Chapter 5: A Journey in the Inland Sea of Japan and China (1869-70)
References
Index

Summary

This two-volume book is a collection of previously unpublished primary sources about Japan in the years around the 1868 Meiji restoration from a rare female point of view. The author of the original manuscripts is Contessa Mathilde (1838-1911), the French spouse of the first Italian Minister Plenipotentiary to Japan.

Product details

• Authors: Giulio Antonio Bertelli
• Assisted by: Giulio Antonio Bertelli (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2021
• EAN: 9780367756451
• ISBN: 978-0-367-75645-1
• No. of pages: 2400
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Japan, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Diaries, letters & journals, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, TRAVEL / Europe / Ireland, HISTORY / Reference, c 1800 to c 1900, Later 19th century c 1850 to c 1899, Asian History, Diaries, letters and journals, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General