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Da: Joseph Burridge Books, Dagenham, Regno UnitoJoseph Burridge Books
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Hardcover. Condizione: New. This book forms part of a series recording the lives of men, women and institutions who have played a significant role in the development of UK-Japan relations. The current volume, which contains 57 portraits , brings the Japan Society s collection of individual memoirs to a cumulative total of nearly… 500. When read together these give a many-faceted picture of modern history, shedding light on controversial issues, illuminating past successes and failures, and providing a valuable point of reference for researchers and historians. Structured thematically in four Parts Japan in Britain, Britain in Japan, Scholars and Writers, Politicians and Officials the highlights in this volume include The Great Japan Exhibition, 1981-82 , Japanese Gardens and the Japanese Garden Society in the UK , Cricket in Late Edo and Meiji Japan , Norman Macrae, pioneering journalist of The Economist , Arthur Balfour managing the emergence of Japan as a Great Power , Michio Morishima, an economist made in Japan , and Margaret Thatcher a pragmatist who radically improved Britain s image in Japan .
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Hardcover. Condizione: New. xxv, 613 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. This fifth volume of portraits includes over forty British and Japanese personalities in a wide range of careers and activities whose lives and achievements in Japan and Britain are worthy of record. Compiled by former chairman of the Japan Society Sir Hugh Cort…azzi, and written by distinguished scholars and researchers from both Japan and Britain, this volume is divided into six themes: The Japan Society and Imperial Personalities, Politicians and Diplomats, Naval Officers, Businessmen, Poets, Scholars and Journalists. As testament to the diversity of written material, the final section, entitled 'Long-Term Residents in Japan, Judo Pioneers and a Philanthropist', documents individuals as varied as Samuel Heaslett, missionary and bishop in Japan as well as Dr. Thomas Baty, former legal advisor to the Japanese foreign ministry. Like previous editions, this book holds equal interest for researchers and students of Japanese history, as well as the general reader.
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Hardcover. Condizione: New. liii, 831 pages, illustrations. Summary:This volume comprises some fifty essays on different themes and personalities, grouped thematically: portraits of key figures such as Stamford Raffles and Lord Lytton; history of Japanese trade and investment in the UK, such as NSK and Mitsubishi Electric; schol…ars such as Basil Hall Chamberlain; international Japanese banker Ogata Shijuro.
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Hardcover. Condizione: New. 397 pages. This eighth edition of the Britain & Japan: Biographical Portraits series, published in 2013, contains fifty-two biographical essays from forty different contributors relating to the influential individuals in Anglo-Japanese relations from the Meiji period to the present day. Structured acc…ordingly, this edition deals with personalities involved in fields including: Politicians and Officials; Lawyers; Artists; Art Collectors and Art Dealers; Potters and Garden Designers; Writers; Music, Sport and Media; Scholars; and Other Notable Individuals. Compiled and edited by former ambassador to Japan and former chairman of the Japan Society Sir Hugh Cortazzi, this edition features contributors including Jason James (Director General of the Daiwa Foundation) and Norita Kubota (Professor at Otsuma Women's University Tokyo). In addition, this 8th volume features two appendices relating to Japanese correspondence with The Times newspaper and relevant publications from the Satow Papers.
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Da: Joseph Burridge Books, Dagenham, Regno UnitoJoseph Burridge Books
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Soft cover. Condizione: New. Summary:This volume of leading figures in the history of Anglo-Japanese relations offers a classic menu of personalities, themes and events. Subects treated include horse breeding and horse-racing, the Japanese influence on British architects, the beginnings of golf in Japan and Japanese gardeners in… Britain.
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Hardcover. Condizione: New. 448 pages. This sixth volume of the Britain & Japan: Biographical Portraits series continues to profile the lives of key individuals, both British and Japanese, who have made significant contributions to the development of Anglo-Japanese relations. Containing a total of thirty-three entries thoughtful…ly and meticulously compiled and written by some of the pre-eminent scholars of Japanese history, this edition of Biographical Portraits is divided into six sections. Categories presented include Politicians, Royal Matters, Artists, Business leaders and Literary figures. With essays ranging from an account of Edward Heath; the first prime minister to visit post-War Japan, to co-founder of Sony Morita Akio and ending with an account of the Beatles visit to Tokyo in 1966, this book has something to appeal to all interests.
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Da: Joseph Burridge Books, Dagenham, Regno UnitoJoseph Burridge Books
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Hardcover. Condizione: New. 1st Edition. 501 pages. Summary:The continuing success of this series, highly regarded by scholars and the general reader alike, has prompted The Japan Society to commission this fourth volume, devoted as before to the lives of key people, both British and Japanese, who have made significant contribut…ions to the development of Anglo-Japanese relations. The appearance of this volume brings the number of portraits published to over one hundred. The portraits cover diplomats (from Mori Arinori to Sir Francis Lindley), businessmen (from William Keswick to Lasenby Liberty), engineers and teachers (from W.E. Ayrton to Henry Sp.
