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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 June 2016
      27 April 2015
      ISBN:
      9781316145517
      9781108081078
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316145517
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      Dimensions:
      (297 x 210 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      1.1kg, 404 Pages
      • Subjects:
      East Asian History, Area Studies, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Asian Studies, History, South-East Asian History, Anthropology
      Series:
      Cambridge Library Collection - East and South-East Asian History
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    Subjects:
    East Asian History, Area Studies, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Asian Studies, History, South-East Asian History, Anthropology
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - East and South-East Asian History
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    Taking advantage of his diplomatic privilege in Japan to travel further and inquire deeper than other foreigners, Swiss envoy Aimé Humbert (1819–1900) brought back stories of life under the Tokugawa shogunate in its final years. First published in the journal Le Tour du monde in 1866, his account of Japanese history and daily life was republished as Le Japon illustré in 1870. This 1874 English translation brought readers up to date by including additional chapters on the 1868 revolution and its aftermath. Humbert focused his narrative on the history and culture of four locations: Benten, the foreign settlement at Yokohama; Kyoto, where emperors had resided for centuries; Kamakura, the old centre of political power; and Yeddo, now Tokyo, the new capital of Japan. Featuring almost 200 illustrations taken from Humbert's collection of prints and photographs, this book captures descriptively and pictorially a country on the verge of dramatic political and social change.

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