Gleams From Japan (Routledge Revivals)

<p>First published in 1937 this collection presents a series of vignettes on Japanese life and thought taken from 25 years of the author's work for the Japanese tourist board between 1912 and 1937.</p><p>Dealing in subjects as diverse as wrestling singing insects and Japanese humour this reissue offers a fascinating insight into the life and culture of pre-World War Two Japan which is of great historical interest not only to students of Asian studies but to all those interested in Japan its people and its heritage.</p>