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This is not a "Book on Japan," but a narrative of travels to Japan.This is an attempt to contribute something to the sum of knowledge of the present condition of the country in 1878, and it was not till I had travelled for some months in the interior of the main island and in Yezo that I decided that my materials were novel enough to render the contribution worth making. From Nikko northwards my route was altogether off the beaten track, and had never been traversed in its entirety by any European. I lived among the Japanese, and saw their mode of living, in regions unaffected by European contact. As a lady travelling alone, and the first European lady who had been seen in several districts through which my route lay, my experiences differed more or less widely from those of preceding travellers; and I am able to offer a fuller account of the aborigines of Yezo, obtained by actual acquaintance with them, than has hitherto been given. These are my chief reasons for offering this volume to the public. Please Note: This book has been reformatted to be easy to read in true text, not scanned images that can sometimes be difficult to decipher. The Microsoft eBook has a contents page linked to the chapter headings for easy navigation. The Adobe eBook has bookmarks at chapter headings and is printable up to two full copies per year. Both versions are text searchable.
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Description and travel, Travel, Social life and customs, Journeys, British, Japan, History, Biography, Women travelers, Nonfiction, Fiction, Travel Literature, Japan, guidebooks, Bird, isabella l. (isabella lucy), 1831-1904, Japan, description and travel, Japan, social life and customs, Voyages and travels, Women, biography, Britanniques, Histoire, Voyageuses, Biographies, Descriptions et voyagesPeople
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Unbeaten Tracks In Japan: Travels On Horseback In 1878
September 30, 2004, Long Riders' Guild Press
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“So genial is its spirit, so enticing its narrative.”—New Englander and Yale Review (1881). The first recorded account of Japan by a Westerner, this 1878 book captures a lifestyle that has nearly vanished. The author traveled 1,400 miles by horse, ferry, foot, and jinrikisha.
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