JAPAN
Reading edition
Anderson, William. The pictorial arts of Japan. With a brief historical sketch of the associated arts and some remarks upon the pictorial art of the Chinese and Koreans.
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & co., 1886. xx, 276, (16) pp. Plates. Fo.
Bacon, Alice Mabel. Japanese girls & women. Rev. and enl. ed., with illustrations by Keishū Takenouchi.
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1902. xiv, 337, (1) pp. Plates (partly colored). 8o.
—— A Japanese interior.
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1893. xix, (1), 267 pp. 12o.
Bishop, Isabella L. Bird. Unbeaten tracks in Japan; an account of travels on horseback in the interior, including visits to the aborigines of Yezo and the shrines of Nikkô and Isé.
New York: G. P. Putnam's sons, 1881. 2 vols. Frontispieces. Map. 8o.
Brinkley, Frank. The art of Japan.
Boston: J. B. Millet co., [1901]. 2 vols. Illustrations (partly colored). Fo.
Contents: vol. 1. Pictorial art.—vol. 2. Applied art.
—— Japan; its history, arts and literature. [Library ed.]
Boston and Tokyo: J. B. Millet co., [1901-1902]. 8 vols. Plates (partly colored). 8o. (Oriental series.)
"Captain Brinkley, who is qualified for the task by a residence of more than thirty years in Japan, and by a knowledge of its people and politics almost unique among Englishmen, has opportunely given us the most beautiful, fascinating, and authoritative work on that country, and its vast, unwieldy neighbour of China, which has yet been written in English." Spectator, May 7, 1904, p. 733.
——, ed. Japan; described and illustrated by the Japanese; written by eminent Japanese authorities and scholars.
Boston: J. B. Millet company, [1897-1898]. v, 382 pp. Illustrations. Colored plates. Fo.
—— Japan; described and illustrated by the Japanese; written by eminent Japanese authorities and scholars; with an essay on Japanese art by Kakuzo Okakura.
Boston: J. B. Millet company, [c1897-1898]. 10 vols. Colored illustrations. Colored plates. Fo.
Browne, George Waldo. Japan; the place and the people; with an introduction by the Hon. Kogoro Takahira.
Boston: D. Estes & company, [1904]. 438 pp. Illustrations. Plates (partly colored). Map. 8o.
Published in 1901 in his "The Far East and the new America," vol. 2 (in part) and vol. 3.
Brownell, Clarence Ludlow. The heart of Japan; glimpses of life and nature far from the travellers' track in the land of the rising sun.
New York: McClure, Phillips & co., 1903. (8), 307 pp. Plates. 12o.
Published in 1902 by Methuen & co., London.
Chamberlain, Basil Hall. Things Japanese; being notes on various subjects connected with Japan for the use of travellers and others. 4th ed., rev. & enl.
London: J. Murray; Yokohama: [etc.], Kelly & Walsh, 1902. vi, (2), 545 pp. Folded map. 8o.
Notes arranged by subject, alphabetically.
Chamberlain, Basil Hall, and W. B. Mason. A handbook for travellers in Japan, including the whole empire from Yezo to Formosa. 7th ed., rev.
London: J. Murray; [etc., etc.], 1903. ix, (1), 586, (2) pp. Illustrations. Folded plates. Maps (partly folded). Plans (partly folded). 12o.
Conder, Josiah. Domestic architecture in Japan.
(In Royal institute of British architects. Transactions, n. s., vol. 3, pp. 103-127. Illustrations. Plates. Plans. London. 1887. 4o.)
Curtis, William Eleroy. The Yankees of the East; sketches of modern Japan.
New York: Stone & Kimball, 1896. 2 vols. Plates. Portraits. 12o.
Dennys, Nicholas B., ed. The treaty ports of China and Japan. A complete guide to the open ports of those countries, together with Peking, Yedo, Hongkong, and Macao. Forming a guide book & vade mecum for travellers, merchants, and residents in general.
London: Trübner and co., 1867. viii, (2), 668, (2), xlviii, (2), 26 pp. Maps. Plans. 8o.
Diósy, Arthur. The new Far East. With illustrations from special designs by Kubota Beisen, of Tokyo, and a reproduction of a cartoon designed by H. M. the German Emperor and a specially-drawn map. 3d ed.
London: Cassell and co., 1900. xx, 374 pp. Plates. Maps. 8o.
"This is a brilliantly written history of New Japan, containing much instructive information on the affairs of the Far East."
Dumolard, Henry. Le Japon politique, économique, et social.
Paris: A. Colin, 1903. viii, 342, (2) pp. 12o.
Appendice.—I. Constitution japonaise du 11 février 1889. II. Projet de loi ouvrière: pp. 331-342.
Fraser, Mary Crawford. Letters from Japan. A record of modern life in the island empire.
New York & London: The Macmillan company, 1899. 2 vols. Illustrations. 8o.
Great Britain. Foreign office. Report on the railways of Japan (with plans). Presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty, March, 1896. (2), 29 pp. Plates. Folded maps. Diagram. 8o.
(In Great Britain. Foreign office. Diplomatic and consular reports. 1896. Miscellaneous series, no. 390.)
Griffis, William Elliot. Matthew Calbraith Perry, a typical American naval officer.
Boston: Cupples and Hurd, 1887. xvi, 459 pp. Frontispiece (portrait). Illustrations. 12o.
Japan, pp. 270-374.
—— The Mikado's empire. 10th ed., with six supplementary chapters, including history to beginning of 1903.
New York and London: Harper & brothers, 1904. 2 vols. Illustrations. Plates. Portraits. Map. 8o.
Contents: v. 1. Book I. History of Japan from 660 B. C. to 1872 A. D.—v. 2. Book II. Personal experiences, observations, and studies in Japan. 1870-1875. Book III. Supplementary chapters, including history to the beginning of 1903.
Gulick, Sidney Lewis. Evolution of the Japanese, social and psychic.
New York, London [etc.]: F. H. Revell company, [1903]. vi, 457 pp. 8o.
Hearn, Lafcadio. Glimpses of unfamiliar Japan.
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1894. 2 vols. 8o.
——"Out of the East;" reveries and studies in new Japan.
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1895. (6), 341 pp. 12o.
Helmolt, H. F. The world's history, a survey of man's record. Vol. II. Oceania, Eastern Asia, and the Indian ocean.
London: William Heinemann, 1904. x, (2), 642 pp. Plates (partly colored). Portraits. Facsimile. Maps. 4o.
Japan, pp. 1-56.
Hertslet, Sir Edward. Treaties and tariffs regulating the trade between Great Britain and foreign nations: and extracts of treaties between foreign powers, containing most-favoured-nation clauses applicable to Great Britain. Japan. In force on the 1st April, 1879.
London: Butterworths, 1879. iv, 288, (1) pp. 8o.
Inagaki, Manjiro. Japan and the Pacific, and a Japanese view of the Eastern question.
New York: Scribner and Welford, 1890. 265 pp. Maps. 8o.
Jane, Frederick T. The imperial Japanese navy.
London: W. Thacker & co., 1904. xv, (1), 410 pp. Plates. Portraits. Map. 4o.
Koch, W. Japan. Geschichte nach japanischen Quellen und ethnographische Skizzen.
Dresden: Verlag von Wilhelm Baensch, 1904. (4), v, (3), 410 pp. Folded sheet. 8o.
Lowell, Percival. The soul of the Far East [Japan].
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin & co., 1888. 226 pp. 16o.
Mitford, Algernon Bertram Freeman. Tales of old Japan.
London and New York: Macmillan and co., 1893. xii, 383 pp. Plates. 12o.
Contents: The forty-seven rônins.—The loves of Gompachi and Komurasaki.—Kazuma's revenge.—A story of the Otokodaté of Yedo.—The wonderful adventures of Funakoshi Jiuyémon.—The Eta maiden and the Hatamoto.—Fairy tales.—The ghost of Sakura.—How Tajima Shumé was tormented by a devil of his own creation.—Concerning certain superstitions.—Japanese sermons.—Appendices: An account of the Hara-Kiri. The marriage ceremony. The birth and rearing of children. Funeral rites.
Morris, J. Advance Japan: a nation thoroughly in earnest.
London: W. H. Allen & co., 1895. xix, (1), 443 pp. Plates (woodcuts). 8o.
—— What will Japan do? A forecast.
London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1898. xii, 190 pp. Folded map. 12o.
Morse, Edward S. Japanese homes and their surroundings. With illustrations by the author.
Boston: Ticknor and company, 1886. xxxiii, (1), 372 pp. Illustrations. 4o.
Murray, David. The story of Japan.
New York: G. P. Putnam's sons; London: T. F. Unwin, 1894. x, 431 pp. Illustrations. Plates. Maps. 12o. (The story of the nations, v. 38.)
Norman, Henry. The real Japan. Studies of contemporary Japanese manners, morals, administration, and politics. 2d ed.
London: T. F. Unwin, 1892. 364 pp. Plates. 8o.
Okakura, Kakasu. The ideals of the East, with special reference to the art of Japan.
London: J. Murray, 1903. xxii, 244 pp. 12o.
Papinot, E. Dictionnaire japonais-français des noms principaux de l'histoire et de la géographie du Japon; suivi de 17 appendices sur les empereurs, shōgun, nengō, sectes bouddhistes, provinces, départements, mesures, etc.
Hongkong: Impr. de Nazareth, 1899. vii, 297 pp. 12o.
Perry, Matthew Calbraith. The Americans in Japan: an abridgement of the government narrative by Robert Tomes.
New York & London: D. Appleton & co., 1857. viii, 415 pp. Frontispiece. Illustrations. 12o.
—— Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China seas and Japan, performed in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854, under the command of Commodore M. C. Perry, United States navy, by order of the government of the United States, comp. from the original notes and journals of Commodore Perry and his officers, at his request, and under his supervision, by Francis L. Hawks.
New York, London: D. Appleton & company, 1857. xvii, (1), 537 pp. Illustrations. Plates. Portraits. Maps (partly folded). Folded fascsimiles. 8o.
—— Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron ... comp.... by F. L. Hawks.
New York: D. Appleton and co.; London: Trübner & co., 1857. vii, 624 pp. Illustrations. Plates. Maps. 4o.
This ed. contains only the material in v. 1 of the government ed.
Ransome, Stafford. Japan in transition: a comparative study of the progress, policy, and methods of the Japanese since their war with China.
New York: Harper & brothers, 1899. (2), xv, (1), 261 pp. Plates. Portraits. Maps. 8o.
Rein, Johann Justus. The industries of Japan. Together with an account of its agriculture, forestry, arts, and commerce. From Travels and researches undertaken at the cost of the Prussian government.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1889. xii, 570 pp. Illustrations. Plates (partly colored). Maps. 8o.
A translation of v. 2 of his "Japan, nach Reisen und Studien," published in 1886.
—— Japan: travels and researches undertaken at the cost of the Prussian government. Translated from the German.
New York: A. C. Armstrong and son, 1884. x, (2), 543 pp. Plates (partly phototype). Maps (partly folded). Plans. 8o.
Scherer, James Augustin Brown. Japan today.
Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott company, 1904. 323 pp. Plates. 12o.
The author was for many years a teacher of English at Saga, Japan.
Singleton, Esther, ed. and tr. Japan as seen and described by famous writers.
New York: Dodd, Mead and company, 1904. xii, 372 pp. Plates. 8o.
Contents: Pt. 1. The country and the race.—Pt. 2. History and religion.—Pt. 3. Places and monuments.—Pt. 4. Manners and customs.—Pt. 5. Arts and crafts.—Pt. 6. Modern Japan.
Sladen, Douglas. Queer things about Japan.
London: Anthony Treherne & co., 1904. xxxv, (1), 442, (1) pp. Plates (partly colored). 8o.
"Illustrations by the celebrated Hokusai, never before reproduced in England."
United States. Bureau of statistics. Commercial Japan in 1904. Area, population, production, railways, telegraphs, and transportation routes, and foreign commerce of United States with Japan.
Washington: Government printing office, 1904. iii, (1), 2873-3017 pp. Folded map. 4o.
Cover-title.
Reprinted from Monthly summary of commerce and finance for Feb., 1904.
Watson, Gilbert. Three rolling stones in Japan. 3d impression.
London: E. Arnold, 1904. xi, 315 pp. Plates. 8o.
Watson, W. Petrie. Japan; aspects & destinies.
London: G. Richards, 1904. xiii, (1), 336 pp. Plates. Folded maps. 8o.
JAPAN: ARTICLES IN PERIODICALS
1897. Le développement économique du Japon depuis la guerre contre la Chine. J. Franconie.
Société de géographie commerciale du Havre. Bulletin, 14. année (1897): 109-117; 131-138; 214-223.
Extract from "Annales de l'École libre des sciences politiques."
1898. "Japan—A forecast." J. Morris.
Imperial and Asiatic quarterly review, 3d series, vol. 5 (Apr., 1898): 309-320.
1899. The awakening of an island empire. (Japan.) R. W. Grant.
Anglo-American magazine, vol. 2 (Sept., 1899): 269-277.
1899. The commercial development of Japan. O. P. Austin.
National geographic magazine, vol. 10 (Sept., 1899): 329-337.
1899. Commercial Japan. O. P. Austin.
Forum, vol. 28 (Oct., 1899): 146-159.
1900. A Japanese view of Ransome's Japan in transition. A. Kinnosuké.
Critic, vol. 36 (May, 1900): 454-459.
1900. Misunderstood Japan. Y. Ozaki.
North American review, vol. 171 (October, 1900): 566-576.
1900. The industrial revolution in Japan. Count Okuma.
North American review, vol. 171 (Nov., 1900): 677-691.
1901. Japan in transition. J. C. C. Newton.
Review of missions, vol. 22 (Aug., 1901): 100-108.
1902. Les finances du Japon. Raphael-Georges Lévy.
Annales des sciences politiques, vol. 17 (July, 1902): 444-472.
1903. The position of Japan in the Far East. Kogoro Takahira.
American Asiatic association. Journal, vol. 3 (Apr., 1903): 86-88.
1903. Japan's position in the Far East. Alfred Stead.
Fortnightly review, n. s., vol. 74 (Aug. 1, 1903): 288-302.
1904. The Japan of 1903. J. H. De Forest.
Independent, vol. 56 (Jan. 21, 1904): 127-130.
1904. The religious awakening in Japan. Kiichi Kaneko.
Missionary review, vol. 27 (Jan., 1904): 41-42.
1904. Japanischer Nationalcharakter. Karl Rathgen.
Die Nation (Berlin), vol. 21 (Jan. 16, 1904): 244-245.
1904. Die Arbeiterbewegung im modernen Japan. Gustav Eckstein.
Die Neue Zeit, 22. Jahrgang (Jan. 16-Feb. 20, 1904): 494-665.
1904. Le Japon industriel. Francis Marre.
Correspondant, vol. 214 (Feb. 25, 1904): 654-662.
1904. The financial and economic situation in Japan. W. Petrie Watson.
Fortnightly review, n. s., vol. 75 (Feb., 1904): 211-232.
1904. Japan and her people. Charles H. Brent.
Outlook, vol. 76 (Feb. 20, 1904): 449-453.
1904. Le panmongolisme japonais. Alexandre Ular.
La Revue, vol. 48 (Feb. 15, 1904): 413-443.
1904. L'Européanisation du Japon. Félicien Challaye.
Revue de Paris, 11. année, vol. 1, pt. 1 (Feb. 1, 1904): 648-672.
1904. Our [Japan's] ambition. S. Shimada.
Sun trade journal, vol. 10 (Feb., 1904): 18-21.
1904. Au Japon: religions d'hier et d'aujourd'hui. Ch. Desfontaines.
À travers le monde, vol. 10 (Mar. 26, 1904): 97-100.
1904. Scènes le la vie japonaise. Pierre Loti. [Julien Viaud.]
Annales politiques et littéraires, 22. année (Mar. 27, 1904): 195-196.
1904. The hour of the pink ticket in Japan. Frederick Palmer.
Collier's weekly, vol. 32 (Mar. 12, 1904): 10-12, 25-28.
1904. The psychology of militant Japan. E. H. Vickers.
Nation, vol. 78 (Mar. 3, 1904): 165-166.
1904. Le Japon et l'étranger d'après un consul russe. P. Camena d'Almeida.
Revue commerciale, 22. année (Mar. 19, 1904): 3.
1904. Le Japon industriel. J. P. Armand Hahn.
Revue d'économie politique, vol. 18 (Mar., 1904): 230-249.
1904. Le Japon et ses ressources dans la guerre actuelle. Pierre Leroy-Beaulieu.
Revue des deux mondes, 5. période, vol. 20 (Mar. 15, 1904): 389-419.
1904. Every day life in Japan. Onoto Watanna. [Mrs. W. E. Babcock.]
Harper's weekly, vol. 48 (Apr. 2, 1904): 500-502, 527, 528.
1904. Japan's financial position. O. Eltzbacher.
Nineteenth century and after, vol. 55 (Apr., 1904): 543-554.
1904. L'expansion japonaise. Henri Cordier.
Questions diplomatiques et coloniales, vol. 17 (Apr. 1, 1904): 473-476.
1904. Okoubo Tosimitsi et les origines du Japon actuel. Louis Farges.
Revue universelle, vol. 4 (Apr. 1, 1904): 189-190.
1904. The rise of modern Japan. Jihei Hashiguchi.
World's work, vol. 7 (Apr., 1904): 4626-4646.
1904. The genius of Japan. Alexander Tison.
World's work, vol. 7 (Apr., 1904): 4699-4701.
1904. Fifty years of Japan. Adachi Kinnosuke.
American monthly review of reviews, vol. 29 (May, 1904): 553-557.
1904. What the people read in Japan.
American monthly review of reviews, vol. 29 (May, 1904): 577-578.
1904. Japan's new gospel of civilization. Harold Bolce.
Booklovers' magazine, vol. 3 (June, 1904): 723-742.
1904. Marquis Ito, the Japanese statesman. John W. Foster.
International quarterly, vol. 9 (June, 1904): 261-273.
1904. First impressions of Japan. George Kennan.
Outlook, vol. 77 (June 11, 1904): 355-360.
1904. The little brown men of Nippon. Joaquin Miller.
Arena, vol. 32 (July, 1904): 18-21.
1904. The magna charta of Japan. Kentaro Kaneko.
Century magazine, vol. 68 (July, 1904): 484-487.