Description: A brilliant linguist, Sir Ernest Satow (1843-1929) was recruited into the British consular service as a student interpreter in 1861. The following year he arrived in Japan, where he witnessed the overthrow of the Tokugawa Shogunate and the Meiji restoration of imperial rule. Drafted in the 1880s while he was consul-general in Bangkok, this 1921 account is based on the voluminous diaries Satow kept whilst in Japan between 1862 and 1869. As an interpreter he was present at many of the meetings between the diplomatic and military representatives of the Great Powers and of the Shogunate. Satow gives his opinions of the various officials he met, and describes the rising tensions that led to conflict between the Shogunate and the Emperor, civil war, and the reassertion of the Emperor's power. Satow's classic Guide to Diplomatic Practice (1917) is also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection.
Price: 81.75 AUD
Location: Hillsdale, NSW
End Time: 2025-01-05T18:28:46.000Z
Shipping Cost: 24.99 AUD
Product Images
Item Specifics
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
Returns Accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Return policy details:
EAN: 9781108080958
UPC: 9781108080958
ISBN: 9781108080958
MPN: N/A
Book Title: A Diplomat in Japan: The Inner History of the Crit
Item Length: 21.6 cm
Number of Pages: 442 Pages
Publication Name: A Diplomat in Japan: The Inner History of the Critical Years in the Evolution of Japan When the Ports Were Opened and the Monarchy Restored
Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Item Height: 216 mm
Subject: History
Publication Year: 2015
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 500 g
Author: Ernest Satow
Item Width: 140 mm
Format: Paperback
