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Russian Views of Japan, 1792-1913 - An Anthology of Travel Writing (Paperback)
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Russian Views of Japan, 1792-1913 - An Anthology of Travel Writing (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
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Before Japan was 'opened up' in the 1850s, contact with Russia as
well as other western maritime nations was extremely limited. Yet
from the early eighteenth century onwards, as a result of their
expanding commercial interests in East Asia and the North Pacific,
Russians had begun to encounter Japanese and were increasingly
eager to establish diplomatic and trading relations with Japan.
This book presents rare narratives written by Russians, including
official envoys, scholars and, later, tourists, who visited Japan
between 1792 and 1913. The introduction and notes set these
narratives in the context of the history of Russo-Japanese
relations and the genre of European travel writing, showing how the
Russian writers combined ethnographic interests with the assertion
of Russian and European values, simultaneously inscribing power
relations and negotiating cultural difference.
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