The Japan Society Review

By Tokugawa Tsunenari, translated by Tokugawa Iehiro International House of Japan, Tokyo, 2009, 200 pages including index and 30 pages of black and white engravings of famous places of Edo, ISBN978-4-903452-14-2 Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi

By Peter Lowe In series Global Conflict and Security since 1945, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, 312 pages including notes, bibliography and index, ISBN 978-0-230-52123-0 Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi

Published by the Japan-British Society, Tokyo, March 2009 (anyone interested in obtaining a copy of this book should contact the Japan British Society in Tokyo: http://www.japanbritishsociety.or.jp/) Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi

By Susumu Nagara Japan Publications Trading Company, 2008, 383 pages Paperback £22.99. ISBN-13: 978-4889962345 Review by Roberta Ignirri

The Business, Life and Letters of Frederick Cornes: Aspects of the Evolution of Commerce in Modern Japan,1861-1910 By Peter N. Davies Global Oriental, 2008, 514 pages including index and appendices, plus a CD of the letters, Hardback £75. ISBN 978-1-905246. Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi

By Robert Twigger Phoenix Publications, 1999, 320 pages. Hardback £7.99. ISBN: 9780753808580 Review by William Farr

By Andrew Cobbing Global Oriental, 2009, 240 pages. Hardback, £55.00. ISBN-13: 978-1905246182. Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi

By Sir Hugh Cortazzi The Japan Society, 2008 ISBN 978-0-9559977-0-9, pp91 – Illus. The Treaty of Yedo, signed by Lord Elgin and the representatives of the Tokugawa shogunate, stands as one of the hallmarks of the long relationship between Japan and Britain. Occurring at a time of great diplomatic and economic dynamism, the treaty presented […]

Edited by Ruth Taplin Routledge, September 2007, 244 pages. ISBN-13: 978-0415428910. Hardback £75 Review by James Brewer

By Asa Nonami Bungei Shunju, June 2008, 206 pages. ISBN 13: 978-4163701400. Paperback ¥1400 Review by Mikihiro Maeda