01530    a2200301   4500001001100000005001700011008003900028020001800067037003600085040000700121041000800128072001500136072001400151072001300165072001400178072002100192072002100213072002100234072002100255072002100276100001800297245005900315250000600374260003200380300001000412520079100422999001501213190335007720250317100408.0250312042002GB                   eng    a9781903350072  bTaylor & FranciscGBP 49.99fBB  a01  aeng7 aGTM2thema7 a1F2bisac7 aGTB2bic7 a1F2bisac7 aHIS0210002bisac7 aHIS0370602bisac7 aSOC0080002bisac7 aSOC0530002bisac7 a915.204312bisac1 aHugh Cortazzi10aMitford's JapanbMemories and Recollections, 1866-1906  a1  aOxfordbRoutledgec20020829  a338 p  bAs the preface to this new edition points out, Mitford (Algernon Bertram, the first Lord Redesdale) was a gifted writer whose descriptions of Japan, during the critical time of transition from a feudal to a modern state in the late nineteenth century, are a testimony to his narrative skills, accuracy and objective reporting - qualities which are sometimes overshadowed by the higher profile given to his contemporary Ernest Satow. Accordingly, this new paperback edition, which makes the Mitford memoirs available to a much wider audience, includes a wide selection of extracts from Mitford's bestselling Tales of Old Japan (1871) - what Mitford, according to Carmen Blacker, perceived as the essence of the Japanese spirit: 'heroic, ruthless, devotedly loyal, bloody and chivalrous'.  c1960d1960