The Satsuma Students in Britain: Japan's Early Search for the essence of the West' by Andrew Cobbing

The Satsuma Students in Britain: Japan's Early Search for the essence of the West'

Meiji Japan S

Andrew Cobbing

223 pages • missing pub info (editions)

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In the spring of 1865, when Japan was in the grip of a major civil war, eighteen samurai and an interpreter risked their lives to embark secretly on a voyage to the unknown lands of the barbarian west. Their destination was Britain - at the hub of...

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