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Table of Contents:

• America: 15 January - 6 August 1872 / Alistair Swale
• Britain: 17 August - 16 December 1872 ; [1] Early Meiji travel encounters / Andrew Cobbing ; [2] The mission's aims, objectives & results / Ian Ruxton
• France: 16 December 1872 - 17 February 1873, 15-20 July 1873 / Richard Sims
• Belgium: 17-24 February 1873 / Willy Vande Walle
• Germany: 7-28 March, 15-17 April, 1-8 May 19873 / Ulrich Wattenberg
• Russia: 29 March - 15 April 1873 / Ian Nish
• Sweden: 23-30 April 1987 / Bert Edström
• Italy: 9 May - 2 April 1873 / Silvana de Maio
• Engineering education in Japan after the Iwakura mission / Silvana de Maio
• The social whirl of 'white' Yokohama after Iwakura's return / Olavi Fält
• Kume Kunitake as a historiographer / Shigekazu Kondo
• The iwakura misson: aftermath and assessment / Ian Nish
• Appendis: Kume Museum of Art (Tokyo) / Fumiko Ito, Seiji Takata.

Contributors:

Nish, Ian Hill

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Related Series:

Meiji Japan series; [volume] 6

Subjects:

Iwakura, Tomomi, 1825-1883

Japan — Foreign relations — 1868-1912

Europe — Foreign relations — 1871-1918

Japan — History — Meiji period, 1868-1912

Japanese — Europe — History — 19th century

Japanese — United States — History — 19th century

Japan — Foreign relations — United States

United States — Foreign relations — Japan

Japan — Foreign relations — Europe

Europe — Foreign relations — Japan

1800-1918

Japanese

Diplomatic relations

Japan

United States

Europe

Genres:

History

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-225) and index.
Gift; The Nippon Foundation; 2009

Physical Description:

xii, 228 pages : portrait ; 24 cm.

Call Numbers:

DS882.6 .I92 1998

ISBNs:

1873410840 (pbk., Japan Lib.)
9781873410844 (pbk., Japan Lib.)
9780415471794 (cloth, Routledge)
0415471796 (cloth, Routledge)

OCLC Numbers:

40410662