Area Studies: Japan

Access on and off campus.

A wide range of sources - by writers, diplomats, tourists, businessmen, missionaries and others - documenting the political, cultural and social history of Japan from 1400 to the 20th century. Highlights include:

• Illuminated medieval manuscripts relating to Japan, including an account by Marco Polo.
• Log book of William Adams (1564-1620), alias Miura Anjin, the first Englishman known to have visited Japan.
• The journals of US Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry and officers, relating to the momentous voyages of 1853-54 and the 'opening up' of Japan.
• Letters of Sir Harry Parkes, diplomat and British Minister to Japan between 1865 and 1883.
• Journals of William Elliot Griffis (1843-1928), American orientalist, author and education reformer in Japan.

12/11/2018.