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An Honest Account of Japan,
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This review is from: Japan Through American Eyes: The Journal of Francis Hall Kanagawa and Yokohama 1859-1866 : From the Cleveland Public Library John G White Collection (Hardcover)
As a long time student of Japanese culture (and resident of 20 years), I have read a rather tall stack of books on the country, but none of them gave me as clear of an insight to the country and its people as this one. The really fascinating thing is that the underlying way people behave is fundamentally the same even in the 21st century. At first glance, Japan is radically different, but if you want to know what is behind the western facade, this book will take you back to when there was one Japan and no concept of there being two - the original version and the western version. It's also significant that the "Meiji Restoration" (which was basically a civil war) happened at roughly the same time as the Civil War in the US. A truly fascinating book.R Lyle F San Francisco / Tokyo |
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Japan Through American Eyes: The Journal of Francis Hall Kanagawa and Yokohama 1859-1866 : From the Cleveland Public Library John G White... by Francis Hall (Hardcover - Sept. 1992)
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