Japanese Memories
The contents of this book are primarily personal experiences of a seven years` stay in the house of a Japanese nobleman, having been gleaned from jottings in my
The contents of this book are primarily personal experiences of a seven years` stay in the house of a Japanese nobleman, having been gleaned from jottings in my diary and such reminiscences as my memory recalls. In writing of a country so steeped in centuryold traditions and of a people so loath, in many ways, to adopt Western culture, it is necessary to introduce a little history at the outset.
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