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The Diaries of Sir Ernest Mason Satow, 1906-1911 (ES 1 vol.) (Hardcover)
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The Diaries of Sir Ernest Mason Satow, 1906-1911 (ES 1 vol.) (Hardcover)
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The scholar and diplomat Sir Ernest Satow was the best-known
Westerner who lived in Meiji Japan. Although he rose to become
British Minister to Japan, the most interesting part of his career
was the start of it, when he witnessed, and in a small way
influenced, the fall of the Bakufu and the Meiji Restoration. He
wrote an account of this in a memoir called A Diplomat in Japan,
published in 1921. Satow was, however, both Japanophile and
Sinophile. In 1906 at the age of 63 he was ready to retire,
although he would have accepted a return to Tokyo if it had been
offered. The Peking post had been a demanding job with long and
arduous hours. He chose to reside at Beaumont House, Ottery St.
Mary, near Exeter partly because it reminded him of family holidays
in nearby Sidmouth, and partly to distance himself from London and
the Foreign Office. Though he was not offered another post, the
Foreign Office appointed him one of Britain's representatives at
the Second Hague Peace Conference in 1907. He was careful not to
discuss his service with journalists, and gave the Rede lecture at
Cambridge in 1908 on an historical subject, the career of the
Austrian diplomat Hubner. Satow's participation at the Hague helped
to launch his second career in retirement as a specialist in
international law, which was very much tempered with history in his
case. Satow found time post-retirement to join in local activities
such as magistrate, at both local and county levels. He put down
deep roots in the Ottery community and was buried in the
churchyard. He often saw old Japan friends and his English family
came to stay frequently. He was careful of his health, and went for
frequent walks with his dog, and took holidays when he could. The
editor has added extensive annotations and explanations to these
diaries, making this book an indispensable reference work for
students of Satow's life and times, as well as a snapshot album of
rural England just after the turn of the century.
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