Buch, Englisch, 404 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 568 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration
Volume 2: An Account of Travels in the Interior, Including Visits to the Aborigines of Yezo and the Shrines of Nikk an
Buch, Englisch, 404 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 568 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration
ISBN: 978-1-108-01463-2
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Isabella Bird's Unbeaten Tracks in Japan was published in 1880 and recounts her travels in the Far East, begun four years earlier. Bird was recommended an open-air life from an early age as a cure for her physical and nervous difficulties. She toured the United States and Canada, New Zealand, Australia and the Sandwich Islands, before travelling to the Far East in order to strengthen herself to marry Dr John Bishop and live in Edinburgh. Based on the letters Bird wrote home, primarily to her sister, Volume 2 covers her journeys to Yeso, Tokyo, Kyoto, and the Ise Shrines, and includes her experiences of staying with the Hairy Ainu, the indigenous inhabitants of northern Japan. As with the first volume, it includes much detail of the lifestyles, customs, and habits of the people she encountered, as well as a chapter on Japanese public affairs.
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Notes on Yezo; 38. Form and colour; 39. Ito's delinquency; 40. A lovely sunset; 41. Savage life; 42. Barrenness of savage life; 43. A parting gift; 44. A welcome gift; 45. More than peace; 46. A group of fathers; 47. A dubious climate; 48. Pleasant last impressions; 49. Pleasant prospects; Notes on Tôkiyô; 50. A dirty sky; 51. The Hiroshima Maru; 52. Mountain-girdled Kiyôto; 53. The Protestants of Buddhism; 54. Kiyôto shopping; 55. Hugging a Hibachi; Notes on the Isé shrines; 56. A dreary shrine; 57. My Kuruma-runner; 58. Water-ways in Ôsaka; 59. Fine weather; A chapter on Japanese public affairs; Appendix; Index.
