LEADER 03638oam 2200673I 450 001 9910450679503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-203-68792-2 010 $a1-134-43208-9 010 $a1-280-05797-1 010 $a0-203-64426-3 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203644263 035 $a(CKB)1000000000253493 035 $a(EBL)199868 035 $a(OCoLC)437059843 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000308791 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11239678 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000308791 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10259510 035 $a(PQKB)11645504 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC199868 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL199868 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10093885 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL5797 035 $a(OCoLC)56602101 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000253493 100 $a20180706d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aRussian views of Japan, 1792-1913 $ean anthology of travel writing /$fedited and translated by David N. Wells 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledgeCurzon,$d2004. 215 $a1 online resource (226 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledgeCurzon studies in the modern history of Asia ;$v23 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-54617-6 311 $a0-415-29730-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aRussian Views of Japan, 1792-1913; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Note on calendars, names and measures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Japan through Russian eyes - history and context; 1 Adam Laxman: Journal of Laxman's embassy to Japan (Ezo, 1792-3); 2 Ivan Krusenstern: Voyage round the world (Nagasaki, 1804-5); 3 Vasilii Golovnin: Narrative of my captivity in Japan (Ezo, 1811); 4 Ivan Goncharov: The frigate Pallada (Nagasaki, 1853); 5 A. Kornilov: News from Japan (Edo, 1859); 6 Sergei Maksimov: In the East (Hakodate, late 1850s) 327 $a7 Ivan Zarubin: Around Asia (Nagasaki, 1880)8 A. Cherevkova: On the Japanese railways (Nagoya, 1890); 9 Andrei Krasnov: Around the islands of the Far East (Nagasaki, 1892); 10 Nikolai Garin-Mikhailovskii: Around Korea, Manchuria and the Liaodong Peninsula (Nagasaki, Yokohama, 1898); 11 Vladimir Semenov: The price of blood (Kyoto, 1905); 12 E. Kobiakova: My first day in Japan (Gifu, 1913); Index 330 $aBefore Japan was 'opened up' in the 1850s, contact with Russia as well as other western maritime nations was extremely limited. Yet from the early eighteenth century onwards, as a result of their expanding commercial interests in East Asia and the North Pacific, Russians had begun to encounter Japanese and were increasingly eager to establish diplomatic and trading relations with Japan. This book presents rare narratives written by Russians, including official envoys, scholars and, later, tourists, who visited Japan between 1792 and 1913. The introduction and notes set these narratives in the 410 0$aRoutledgeCurzon studies in the modern history of Asia ;$v23. 606 $aInternational relations 607 $aJapan$xDescription and travel 607 $aRussia$xRelations$zJapan 607 $aJapan$xRelations$zRussia 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aInternational relations. 676 $a952.025 676 $a952/.025 701 $aWells$b David N.$f1959-$0998708 801 0$bFlBoTFG 801 1$bFlBoTFG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450679503321 996 $aRussian views of Japan, 1792-1913$92290997 997 $aUNINA