Title: 朝鮮歸好餘錄
Description: This is a memoir written by a Japanese diplomat residing in Korea. It has the following characteristics: 1) It is written in good classic Chinese. It was a common practice since the well-educated Japanese could use classic Chinese as fluently as Japanese. 2) There is a poem in classic Chinese attached to every topic the author wrote about. 3) The book records many interesting practices in Korea.
Subjects: Description and travel, History, Foreign relations
Places: Korea, Japan
Time periods: 1864-1910