By William Elliot Griffis
In its day the most well-liked ebook at the then-mysterious state of Japan, this quantity covers the historical past and tradition of Japan from the earliest occasions to the Meiji recovery of 1868.
William Elliot Griffis (1843–1928) was once an educator and author and a revered authority on jap culture.
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