BEING NOTES ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS CONNECTED WITH JAPAN BY BASIL HALL CHAMBERLAIN PROFESSOR OF JAPANESE AND PHILOLOGY IN THE IMPERIAL LONDON: KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRÜBNER & Co., LTD. PREFACE. THE author is under obligations to many kind friends— especially to Mr. W. B. Mason, of the Imperial Department of Communications, by whose unwearying assistance and advice every page of the book has profited more or less. The article on Porcelain and Pottery is from the pen of Captain Brinkley, R.A., the appearance of whose "History of Japanese and Chinese Keramics" is eagerly looked forward to by all persons interested in that beautiful art. The Abbé Félix Evrard, of the French Legation at Tōkyō, has contributed the article on Roman Catholic Missions; Mr. H. V. Henson, that on Trade; Professor Milne, F.R.S., that on Geology; Mr. Mason, those on Telegraphs, Chess, and the game of Go. Mr. Y. Sannomiya, ViceGrand-Master of Ceremonies and Master of the Court of Her Majesty the Empress, has furnished the materials for Decorations; Mr. R. Masujima, of the Japanese Bar and of the Middle Temple, London, the materials for Law; Mr. K. Fujikura, Chief Commissioner of Lighthouses, the materials for Lighthouses; Captain J. Ingles, R.N., for Navy; and Mr. C. A. W. Pownall, for Railways. The advice of Dr. Erwin Baelz, of the Imperial University 171532 |