Brinkley, F: – Japan described and illustrated by the Japanese written by eminent Japanese Authorities and Scholars.

Brinkley’s extensive work on the history and culture of Japan. His accounts of Japan highlight the fascination with which the West viewed the Orient at the end of the 19th century. A resident of Japan for over 40 years, F. Brinkley was the owner/editor of the Japan Mail. With chapters on cities, buildings and scenery, religions, festivals, the history, and it’s political and economic relationship with the rest of the world. Profusely illsutrated with rare full-page plates. – A nice set.