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Hildreth's "Japan as It Was and Is": A Handbook of Old Japan, Volume 1 (of 2)

Chapter 1: Transcriber’s Notes
By Richard Hildreth
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The volume compiles European eyewitness and historical accounts of Japan from earliest contacts through periods of missionary activity and feudal consolidation. It interleaves travel narratives, mission reports, and official documents to describe political structures, religious beliefs, social customs, arts, and material culture, and traces the arrival and influence of European visitors, the establishment and spread of Christian missions, growth of ports such as Nagasaki, and subsequent restrictions. Chapters provide detailed observations of daily life, architecture, ceremonies, legal practices, and maritime commerce, supplemented by illustrations, maps, and documentary excerpts that chart evolving foreign relations and internal power shifts.

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Title: Hildreth's "Japan as It Was and Is": A Handbook of Old Japan, Volume 1 (of 2)

Author: Richard Hildreth

Author of introduction, etc.: William Elliot Griffis

Editor: Ernest W. Clement

Release date: December 9, 2021 [eBook #66913]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

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Transcriber’s Notes

Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected. Variations in hyphenation have been standardised but all other spelling and punctuation remains unchanged.

On page 168, 2nd paragraph of Chapter XIX, refers to a Papal Bull promulgated by Pope Clement VII in 1860. This has been corrected to Pope Clement VIII who was pope when the Bull was promulgated in 1600.

There are a number of footnote references to an Appendix which is not included in this edition. The first of these are footnotes 1 and 2, which are linked, but subsequent references are marked by an unlinked [1}.

Volume II contains a complete index to both volumes. This has been copied into this volume.