Hugh Cortazzi - Collected Writings

by Cortazzi; Hugh

• ISBN13: 9781873410936
• ISBN10: 187341093X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-01-28
• Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon

Summary

Special areas: biographies, history, cultural exchange, arts, business and foreign affairs.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(8)
PART I: AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL
Britain and Japan: A Personal View of Postwar Economic Relations	9	(15)
British Ambassador to Japan	24	(15)
The Lure of Japanese Culture	39	(6)
PART II: BIOGRAPHICAL
Sir Harry Parkes, 1828-1885	45	(15)
`The Pestilently Active Minister' Dr Willis's Comments on Sir Harry Parkes	60	(14)
The Mingei Movement and Bernard Leach	74	(13)
Sir Rutherford Alcock, 1809-1897	87	(15)
Royal Visits to Japan in the Meiji Period	102	(11)
John Batchelor: Missionary and Friend of the Ainu	113	(13)
Sir Vere Redman, 1901-1975	126	(18)
T.W. Blakiston, 1832-1891	144	(13)
Ariyoshi Yoshiya, KBE (Hon), 1901-1982	157	(11)
Sir John Pilcher, GCMG, 1912-1990	168	(12)
Sir John Figgess, KBE, CMG, 1909-1997	180	(10)
R.H. Brunton	190	(6)
PART III: HISTORICAL
Yokohama Frontier Town	196	(14)
The First British Legation in Japan, 1859-1874	210	(27)
The Nakasendo as Seen by Victorian Travellers	237	(13)
Hokkaido (Ezo): Some Impressions of British Visitors	250	(16)
Some Early British Connections with Satsuma	266	(9)
The Foreigner in Japan, Then and Now	275	(13)
British Influence in Japan Since the End of the Occupation, 1952-1984	288	(9)
Britain and Japan: A Personal View	297	(17)
PART IV: KYOTO
Kyoto at the Meiji Restoration and Onwards to the Present Day	314	(7)
The Culture of Kyoto: A Foreigner's Perspective	321	(9)
The Gardens of Kyoto	330	(7)
PART V: CULTURAL EXCHANGE
Cultural Interdependence: From Pottery to Vocabulary	337	(6)
Britain and Japan: A Comparison between Two Cultures	343	(11)
The Historic Roots of Japanese Corporate Culture	354	(8)
Japan as Seen from Abroad	362	(9)
PART VI: ECONOMY & BUSINESS
Statement to the House of Councillors' Budget Committee	371	(6)
`Bunka Masatsu' or Cultural Friction	377	(8)
Japanese International Industrial Strategy: Partnership or Dominance?	385	(15)
PART VII: FOREIGN & DEFENCE POLICY
A Former British Ambassador Speaks Out	400	(7)
Japanese Foreign Policy: `Nihon Gaiko ni Tsuite'	407	(8)
Some Thoughts on Security Issues Facing Japan Towards the End of the Twentieth Century	415	(10)
Bibliography	425	(8)
Index	433