This volume, which draws on papers presented at four centenary conferences held in London and Tokyo, offers an important spotlight on the legacy of the 1910 Japan-British Exhibition, held at ...Shepherd's Bush, London, particularly in the contexts of commerce and culture.
This two-volume collection, supported by an in-depth introduction that addresses origins, actuality, endgame and afterlife, brings together for the first time contemporary documentation and more ...recent scholarship to give a broad picture of Japan's Treaty Ports and their inhabitants at work and play in the second half of the nineteenth century.
This volume comprises some fifty essays on different themes and personalities, grouped thematically: portraits of key figures such as Stamford Raffles and Lord Lytton; history of Japanese trade and ...investment in the UK, such as NSK and Mitsubishi Electric; scholars such as Basil Hall Chamberlain; international Japanese banker Ogata Shijuro.
Colin Davidson was born on 28 October 1878. His father was John Davidson of Holkham, Norfolk. He was educated at Dulwich College, and later in Dresden. He started his career as a student interpreter ...in Bangkok, Siam. After a year and a half there his health deteriorated and in August 1903 he was transferred to Japan. He studied Japanese assiduously and passed the language examination in 1906. His exceptional fluency in Japanese and his social skills contributed to his successful career and varied life in Japan over the next quarter of a century. He was praised and admired by many
Introduction: Centenary Perspectives Hotta-Lister, Ayako; Nish, Ian
Commerce and Culture at the 1910 Japan-British Exhibition: Centenary Perspectives,
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