ABSTRACT
Special areas: biographies, history, cultural exchange, arts, business and foreign affairs.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |8 pages
❒ Introduction
part I|36 pages
Autobiographical
chapter 1|15 pages
❒ Britain and Japan: A Personal View of Postwar Economic Relations
chapter 2|15 pages
❒ British Ambassador to Japan
chapter 3|6 pages
❒ The Lure of Japanese Culture
part II|151 pages
Biographical
chapter 4|13 pages
❒ Sir Harry Parkes, 1828–1885
chapter 6|13 pages
❒ The Mingei Movement and Bernard Leach
chapter 7|14 pages
❒ Sir Rutherford Alcock, 1809–1897
chapter 8|11 pages
❒ Royal Visits to Japan in the Meiji Period, 1868–1912
chapter 9|12 pages
❒ John Batchelor: Missionary and Friend of the Ainu
chapter 10|13 pages
❒ Sir Vere Redman, 1901–1975
chapter 11|11 pages
❒ T.W.Blakiston, 1832–1891
chapter 12|11 pages
❒ Ariyoshi Yoshiya, KBE (Hon) (1901–1982)
chapter 13|12 pages
❒ Sir John Pilcher, GCMG, 1912–1990
chapter 14|10 pages
❒ Sir John Figgess, KBE, CMG, 1909ȓ1997
chapter 15|6 pages
❒ R.H. Brunton
part III|118 pages
Historical
chapter 16|14 pages
❒ Yokohama Frontier Town
chapter 17|27 pages
❒ The First British Legation in Japan (1859–1874)
chapter 18|13 pages
❒ The Nakasendo as Seen by Victorian Travellers
chapter 19|16 pages
❒ Hokkaido (Ezo): Some Impressions of British Visitors
chapter 20|9 pages
❒ Some Early British Connections with Satsuma
chapter 21|13 pages
❒ The Foreigner in Japan, Then and Now
chapter 22|9 pages
❒ British Influence in Japan Since the End of the Occupation, 1952–1984
chapter 23|17 pages
❒ Britain and Japan: A Personal View
part IV|23 pages
Kyoto
chapter 24|7 pages
❒ Kyoto at the Meiji Restoration and Onwards to the Present Day
chapter 25|9 pages
❒ The Culture of Kyoto: A Foreigner's Perspective
chapter 26|7 pages
❒ The Gardens of Kyoto
part V|34 pages
Cultural Exchanges
chapter 27|6 pages
❒ Cultural Interdependence: From Pottery to Vocabulary
chapter 28|11 pages
❒ Britain and Japan: A Comparison Between Two Cultures
chapter 29|8 pages
❒ The Historic Roots of Japanese Corporate Culture
chapter 30|9 pages
❒ Japan As Seen From Abroad
part VI|29 pages
Economy & Business
chapter 31|6 pages
❒ Statement to the Budget Committee of the House of Councillors
chapter 32|8 pages
❒ ‘Bunka Masatsu' or Cultural Friction
chapter 33|15 pages
❒ Japanese International Industrial Strategy: Partnership or Dominance?
part VII|24 pages
Foreign & Defence Policy