front cover of The Iwakura Embassy, 1871-1873, Volume I
The Iwakura Embassy, 1871-1873, Volume I
The United States of America
Kunitake Kume
MHM Limited, 2002
The newly established Meiji government sent a large delegation on a tour of Western countries to report on how Japan might modernize its political, economic, and social infrastructure. This embassy of some fifty top officials was headed by Iwakura Tomomi and included such luminaries as Ito Hirobumi and Kido Takayoshi. These emissaries journeyed to the United States and eleven European countries, making thorough investigations into each country's politics, military affairs, trade and industry, education, and culture. Their reports, which helped Japan emerge as a modern industrial nation, constitute an indispensable documentary resource. Volume I covers the departure of the Embassy from Yokohama, the Pacific crossing, the arrival in San Francisco, the wintry rail journey across the United States, the unexpectedly long stay in Washington, D.C., and the departure from Boston.
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front cover of The Iwakura Embassy, 1871-1873, Volume II
The Iwakura Embassy, 1871-1873, Volume II
Britain
Kunitake Kume
MHM Limited, 2002
The newly established Meiji government sent a large delegation on a tour of Western countries to report on how Japan might modernize its political, economic, and social infrastructure. This embassy of some fifty top officials was headed by Iwakura Tomomi and included such luminaries as Ito Hirobumi and Kido Takayoshi. These emissaries journeyed to the United States and eleven European countries, making thorough investigations into each country's politics, military affairs, trade and industry, education, and culture. Their reports, which helped Japan emerge as a modern industrial nation, constitute an indispensable documentary resource. Volume II covers the period of seventeen weeks from August 16th, 1872, when the ambassadors sighted the Irish coast after a ten-day crossing from Boston, to December 15th, the day before they left Britain for France.
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front cover of The Iwakura Embassy, 1871-1873, Volume III
The Iwakura Embassy, 1871-1873, Volume III
Continental Europe, 1
Kunitake Kume
MHM Limited, 2002
The newly established Meiji government sent a large delegation on a tour of Western countries to report on how Japan might modernize its political, economic, and social infrastructure. This embassy of some fifty top officials was headed by Iwakura Tomomi and included such luminaries as Ito Hirobumi and Kido Takayoshi. These emissaries journeyed to the United States and eleven European countries, making thorough investigations into each country's politics, military affairs, trade and industry, education, and culture. Their reports, which helped Japan emerge as a modern industrial nation, constitute an indispensable documentary resource. Volume III covers the first three and a half months of the journey across the Continent, recording the party's impressions in France, Belgium, Holland and Prussia.
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front cover of The Iwakura Embassy, 1871-1873, Volume IV
The Iwakura Embassy, 1871-1873, Volume IV
Continental Europe, 2
Kunitake Kume
MHM Limited, 2002
"The newly established Meiji government sent a large delegation on a tour of Western countries to report on how Japan might modernize its political, economic, and social infrastructure. This embassy of some fifty top officials was headed by Iwakura Tomomi and included such luminaries as Ito Hirobumi and Kido Takayoshi. These emissaries journeyed to the United States and eleven European countries, making thorough investigations into each country's politics, military affairs, trade and industry, education, and culture. Their reports, which helped Japan emerge as a modern industrial nation, constitute an indispensable documentary resource. Volume IV covers the journeys made by the various members of the Embassy as they travelled through Russia, Denmark, Sweden, several of the German states, Italy and the Austro-Hungarian empire.
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front cover of The Iwakura Embassy, 1871-1873, Volume V
The Iwakura Embassy, 1871-1873, Volume V
Continental Europe, 3; and the Voyage Home
Kunitake Kume
MHM Limited, 2002
The newly established Meiji government sent a large delegation on a tour of Western countries to report on how Japan might modernize its political, economic, and social infrastructure. This embassy of some fifty top officials was headed by Iwakura Tomomi and included such luminaries as Ito Hirobumi and Kido Takayoshi. These emissaries journeyed to the United States and eleven European countries, making thorough investigations into each country's politics, military affairs, trade and industry, education, and culture. Their reports, which helped Japan emerge as a modern industrial nation, constitute an indispensable documentary resource. Volume V covers the ambassadors' visit to the Universal Exposition in Vienna, their travels in Switzerland, the few days they spent in Lyons and Marseilles, and their journey home, during which they travelled through the Mediterranean, the Suez Canal, the Arabian Sea, the Gulf of Bengal and the China Sea, calling at Aden, Galle (in Ceylon), Singapore (where a cholera epidemic prevented their landing), Saigon, Hong Kong and Shanghai.
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