David N. Wells

Russian Views of Japan, 1792-1913

An Anthology of Travel Writing

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Before Japan was 'opened up' in the 1850s, contact with Russia as well as other western maritime nations was extremely limited. Yet from the early eighteenth century onwards, as a result of their expanding commercial interests in East Asia and the North Pacific, Russians had begun to encounter Japanese and were increasingly eager to establish diplomatic and trading relations with Japan. This book presents rare narratives written by Russians, including official envoys, scholars and, later, tourists, who visited Japan between 1792 and 1913. The introduction and notes set these narratives in the context of the history of Russo-Japanese relations… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-134-43207-3
EAN: 9781134432073
Produktnummer: 14829254
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
Seitenangabe: 232 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 2'934 KB

Über den Autor

David N. Wells is a senior librarian at Curtin University Library in Perth, Western Australia. He has published widely on Russian Literature, including two books on the poetry of Anna Akhmatova. He is joint editor (with Sandra Wilson) of The Russo-Japanese War in Cultural Perspectives, 1904-05.