Japan encountered : a brief (and highly-selective) survey of famous Westerners in the land of the Rising Sun / Scott Wright.

Author
Wright, Scott, 1942- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Lanham, MD : University Press of America, [1996]
  • ©1996
Description
vii, 185 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

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    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references.
    Contents
    • ch. 1. Saint Francis Xavier : architect of Japan's Christian century
    • ch. 2. Will Adams : Renaissance adventurer in Japan
    • ch. 3. Dr. Englebert Kaempfer : early observer and commentator
    • ch. 4. Commodore Matthew C. Perry : re-opening Japan to the West
    • ch. 5. Townsend Harris : romance and reality in early U.S.-Japan diplomatic relations
    • ch. 6. Lafcadio Hearn : homeless wanderer and interpreter of Japanese culture
    • ch. 7. Isabella Bird : 19th century traveler and author
    • ch. 8. William Smith Clark : teacher and role model from the West
    • ch. 9. Frank Lloyd Wright : a case study in cross-cultural influence
    • ch. 10. Arthur Waley : translator of The tale of Genji
    • Historical interlude
    • Parallels and conflicts : backgrounds of the war between the U.s. and Japan
    • ch. 11. Joseph Grew : struggling against the flow of history
    • ch. 12. General Douglas MacArthur : the post war occupation
    • ch. 13. Ruth Benedict : an academic's wartime service : the writing of The chrysanthemum and the sword
    • ch. 14. James Michener : changing postwar attitudes regarding Japan
    • ch. 15. Edwin Reischauer : scholar and diplomat
    • ch. 16. Baseball and sumo : American athletes in Japan and especially Jesse Kuhaulua ("Takamiyama"), first American sumo wrestler.
    ISBN
    • 0761804277 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
    • 9780761804277 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
    • 0761804285 ((paper ; : alk. paper))
    • 9780761804284 ((paper ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    96024526
    OCLC
    34788824
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