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by J. M. W. (Jacob Mortimer Wier) Silver
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)
Illustrated by Native Drawings, - REPRODUCED IN FAC-SIMILE BY MEANS OF CHROMO-LITHOGRAPHY.
LIST OF PLATES.
JAPANESE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS. - CHAPTER I. - FESTIVALS AND HOLIDAYS.
CHAPTER II. - FIRES AND FIRE-BRIGADES
CHAPTER III. - DOMESTIC LIFE.
CHAPTER IV. - THE TYCOON, DAIMIOS, AND ARISTOCRACY.
CHAPTER V. - THE COURT OF THE MIKADO.
CHAPTER VI. - The 'HARA KIRU.'
CHAPTER VII. - NATIONAL GAMES AND AMUSEMENTS.
Language
en
Duration
~1 hours (92K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Release date
2004-07-29
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
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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