
The Spell of Japan
Isabel Anderson(Author)
Orchid Press
Published on 15. July 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
278 pages
978-974-524-206-7 (ISBN)
Description
The year is 1914. A distinguished couple had arrived overland two years previously from Europe via Russia and Korea to Yokohama and on to Tokyo. The gentleman, Mr. Larz Anderson, assumes the role of American ambassador to Japan. His wife, Isabel—a glamourous, Boston-born heiress—submerges herself in the rich, yet little known culture of Imperial Japan.
With ready access to Japanese high society, Isabel records court custom, art, costume and ritual as few Western visitors have before. Yet her lack of pretension and keen observation allows her to describe the life of the common people of old Japan in just as lucid prose.
The Spell of Japan takes the us through Japanese occupied Korea, to the gilded temples of Kyoto and the splendours of the Imperial court of Tokyo. An illuminating journey for the modern tourist, the armchair traveller and amateur historian alike.
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Edition
Reprint ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
55 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
456 gr
ISBN-13
978-974-524-206-7 (9789745242067)
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Person
Isabel Anderson (March 29, 1876 - November 3, 1948), née Isabel Weld Perkins, was a Boston heiress, author, war volunteer and society hostess.