Russian Views of Japan, 1792-1913 : An Anthology of Travel Writing
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
ISBN-10
0415546176
ISBN-13
9780415546171
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 14th, 2009
Print length
230 Pages
Weight
342 grams
Dimensions
23.50 x 15.70 x 1.30 cms
Product Classification:
Regional studiesGeneral & world historyAsian history
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This book presents rare narratives written by Russians - explorers, official envoys, scholars and, later, tourists - who visited Japan between 1792 and 1913.
Before Japan was ''opened up'' in the 1850s, contact with Russia as well as other western maritime nations was extremely limited. Yet from the early eighteenth century onwards, as a result of their expanding commercial interests in East Asia and the North Pacific, Russians had begun to encounter Japanese and were increasingly eager to establish diplomatic and trading relations with Japan. This book presents rare narratives written by Russians, including official envoys, scholars and, later, tourists, who visited Japan between 1792 and 1913. The introduction and notes set these narratives in the context of the history of Russo-Japanese relations and the genre of European travel writing, showing how the Russian writers combined ethnographic interests with the assertion of Russian and European values, simultaneously inscribing power relations and negotiating cultural difference.
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