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Author Fessler, Susanna, author

Title Musashino in Tuscany : Japanese overseas travel literature, 1860-1912 / Susanna Fessler
Published Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 297 pages) : illustrations
Series Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies ; no. 50
Michigan monograph series in Japanese studies ; no. 50.
Contents Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Chapter One. A Brief History of Japanese Travel and Travel Writing -- Uta Makura -- Travel East and West -- The Precedents in Kikōbungaku -- Chapter Two. New Lands: The Early Travelogues, 1860-80 -- Travelogues by Students -- Nakai Ōshū -- Nomura Fumio -- Shibusawa Eiichi -- Travelogues by Diplomats -- Muragaki Norimasa -- Fuchibe Tokuzō -- Narushima Ryūhoku and Post-Restoration Travelogues -- Conclusion -- Chapter Three. Transitions: Mid-Meiji Travelogues, 1880-1900 -- Arisugawa no Miya Taruhito -- Kurihara Ryōichi
Yamashita Yūtarō -- Yano Ryūkei -- Mori Ōgai -- Suehiro Tetchō -- Kamata Eikichi -- Chapter Four. Assimilation: Late Meiji Travelogues, 1900-1912 -- Shimamura Hōgetsu -- Tokutomi Roka -- Nagai Kafū -- Anezaki Chōfū -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Character List for Proper Nouns -- Character List for Titles -- Bibliography -- Travelogues -- Secondary Sources -- Index -- About the Author
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-282) and index
Notes Sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities
Citations translated into English
Description based on information from the publisher
Subject Authors, Japanese -- 19th century -- Travel -- Europe
Authors, Japanese -- 19th century -- Travel -- United States
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
Authors, Japanese -- Travel
Travel
SUBJECT Europe -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045661
United States -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139993
Subject Europe
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), issuing body.
ISBN 9780472128013
0472128019
9780472901975
0472901974