Sketches of Japanese Manners and Customs

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Sketches of Japanese Manners and Customs

by J. M. W. (Jacob Mortimer Wier) Silver

EN·~1 hours·15 chapters

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15 total
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SKETCHES - OF - JAPANESE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS. - BY - J.M.W. SILVER, - LIEUTENANT ROYAL MARINES, LIGHT INFANTRY. - (LATE OF THE ROYAL MARINE BATTALION FOR SERVICE IN JAPAN)

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Illustrated by Native Drawings, - REPRODUCED IN FAC-SIMILE BY MEANS OF CHROMO-LITHOGRAPHY.

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LIST OF PLATES.

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JAPANESE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS. - CHAPTER I. - FESTIVALS AND HOLIDAYS.

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CHAPTER II. - FIRES AND FIRE-BRIGADES

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CHAPTER III. - DOMESTIC LIFE.

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CHAPTER IV. - THE TYCOON, DAIMIOS, AND ARISTOCRACY.

10:56
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CHAPTER V. - THE COURT OF THE MIKADO.

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CHAPTER VI. - The 'HARA KIRU.'

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CHAPTER VII. - NATIONAL GAMES AND AMUSEMENTS.

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Language

en

Duration

~1 hours (92K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Release date

2004-07-29

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

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J. M. W. (Jacob Mortimer Wier) Silver

A British marine officer who turned close observation into a vivid travel book, he wrote from firsthand experience in Japan during the 1860s. His work offers a lively glimpse of festivals, family life, beliefs, and everyday customs at a moment of major change.

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