Inventing Japan
Publisher: WEIDENFELD & NICOLSO
Published: September 11, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781588362827
Subjects: Asia - Japan; History - General History
First sentence: When Commodore Matthew ("Old Matt") Calbraith Perry sailed into Edo Bay on July 8, 1853, with four heavily armed ships, on a mission to open up Japanese ports to American ships, he could be forgiven for thinking the Japanese were an ignorant people.