Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns. Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779-1822
(2006)
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Screech, T. (Ed.). (2006). Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns. Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779-1822. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203099858
Isaac Titsingh was intermittently head of the Japan factory (trading station) of the Dutch East India Company 1780-94. He was a career merchant, but unusual in having a classical education and training as a physician. His impact in Japan was enormous... Read More about Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns. Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779-1822.