Collected Works of Ernest Mason Satow: Pt. 1(12 Collected Works of Japanologists)

This text focuses on the major writings of the English diplomat, linguist, and scholar, Ernest Mason Satow (1843-1929). Satow was active on the British diplomatic staff in Japan from 1862 to 1882 during the final years of the Tokugawa period and the beginning of the Meiji government; he became minister plenipotentiary to Japan (1895-1900) and to China (1900-1906), as well as holding diplomatic posts in Siam (now Thailand), Uruguay, and Morocco. After retirement he continued to write and to lecture on legal subjects in Cambridge. A collector of Japanese and Korean books, his bibliographical researches resulted in several articles on the history of printing in Japan and Korea, and he established that movable-printing in Korea was more than 100 years older than the books that came from Gutenberg's press in the West. This text assembles all Satow's major works on diverse subjects notably the Japanese language, histories and guidebooks of Japan, bibliographical works, autobiographical records of diplomatic life and his "Guide to Diplomatic Practice", a work that went to several editions.

Table of Contents:
Vol 1: "Twenty Five Exercises in the Yedo Colloquial for the Use of Students", with notes, Kuaiwa Hen (1873). Vol 2: Japan, 1853-1864, or, "Genji Yume Monogatari" (1905, 2nd rev. ed) bound with "A History of Japan, 1853-1869", Kinse Shiriaku (1876, 2nd rev. ed). Vol 3: "An English-Japanese Dictionary of the Spoken Language" (1879, 2nd ed). Vol 4: "A Guide Book to Nikko" (1875) bound with "A Handbook for Travellers in Central and Northern Japan" (1884, 2nd rev. ed). Vol 5: "Japanese Chronological Tables" (1874) bound with "List of Korean Geographical Names" (1884) bound with "Essay Towards a Bibliography of Siam" (1886) bound with "The Jesuit Mission Press in Japan, 1591-1610" (1888). Vol 6: "The Voyage of Captain John Saris to Japan, 1613" edited from contemporary records (1900). Vol 7: "The Silesian Loan and Frederick the Great" (1915). Vols 8 & 9: "A Guide to Diplomatic Practice" (1922, 2nd rev. ed, 2 vols). Vol 10: "A Diplomat in Japan - the Inner History of the Critical Years in the Evolution of Japan" (1921). Vol 11: "A Diplomat in Siam", Ernest Satow CMG HBM Minister-Resident, Bangkok, 1885-88 (1994). Vol 12: "The Family Chronicle of the English Satows" (1925) bound with "The Rt Hon Sir Ernest Mason Satow GCMG - A Memoir", Bernard M. Allen (1933).