Russian views of Japan, 1792-1913 : an anthology of travel writing / / edited and translated by David N. Wells

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (226 p.)
• Disciplina: 952.025; 952/.025
• Soggetto topico: International relations
• Soggetto geografico: Japan Description and travel; Russia Relations Japan; Japan Relations Russia
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: WellsDavid N. <1959->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Russian 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) ; 7 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Russian views of Japan, 1792-1913
• ISBN: 0-203-68792-2; 1-134-43208-9; 1-280-05797-1; 0-203-64426-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450679503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: RoutledgeCurzon studies in the modern history of Asia ; ; 23.