{"product_id":"unbeaten-tracks-in-japan-volume-1-an-account-of-travels-in-the-interior-including-visits-to-the-aborigines-of-yezo-and-the-shrines-of-nikko-and-ise-paperback-9781108014625","title":"Unbeaten Tracks in Japan: Volume 1; An Account of Travels in the Interior, Including Visits to the Aborigines of Yezo and the Shrines of Nikkô and Isé (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108014625","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eUnbeaten Tracks in Japan: Volume 1\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAn Account of Travels in the Interior, Including Visits to the Aborigines of Yezo and the Shrines of Nikkô and Isé\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIsabella Bird's fascinating observational anecdotes of nineteenth-century Japan. Volume 1 recounts first impressions and native ways of life.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eIsabella Lucy Bird (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108014625, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 24 June 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e432 pages, 21 b\/w illus.  1 map\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.4 cm, 0.55 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIsabella Bird's Unbeaten Tracks in Japan was published in 1880 and recounts her travels in the Far East from 1876. Bird was recommended an open-air life from an early age as a cure for her physical and nervous difficulties. She toured the United States and Canada, New Zealand, Australia and the Sandwich Islands, before travelling to the Far East in order to strengthen herself to marry Dr John Bishop and live in Edinburgh. Created out of the letters Bird wrote home, primarily to her sister, Volume 1 recounts her experiences as a solo woman traveller living among the Japanese in Yokohama and Niigata. It includes descriptions of clothing, food and drink, education, housing, theatre, women's lifestyles, religion, plant life, medicine, shopping and other day-to-day activities, as well as the vicissitudes and excitement of the conditions and process of travelling, including by boat and pack-horse.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroductory chapter\u003cbr\u003e 1. First view of Japan\u003cbr\u003e 2. Sir Harry Parkes\u003cbr\u003e 3. Yedo and Tôkiyô\u003cbr\u003e 4. Lifeless heat\u003cbr\u003e 5. Narrow grooves\u003cbr\u003e 6. Dr. Hepburn\u003cbr\u003e 7. Theatrical reform\u003cbr\u003e 8. Kwan-non Temple\u003cbr\u003e 9. Fears\u003cbr\u003e 10. A Japanese idyll\u003cbr\u003e 11. The beauties of Nikkô\u003cbr\u003e 12. A Japanese pack-horse and pack-saddle\u003cbr\u003e 13. Peaceful monotony\u003cbr\u003e 14. Comfort disappears\u003cbr\u003e 15. A fantastic jumble\u003cbr\u003e 16. The plain of Wakamatsu\u003cbr\u003e 17. An infamous road\u003cbr\u003e 18. A hurry\u003cbr\u003e Notes on missions in Niigata\u003cbr\u003e 19. Temple Street\u003cbr\u003e 20. Abominable weather\u003cbr\u003e 21. Mean streets\u003cbr\u003e Notes on food and cookery\u003cbr\u003e 22. The canal-side at Niigata\u003cbr\u003e 23. Comely kine\u003cbr\u003e 24. Prosperity\u003cbr\u003e 25. The effect of a chicken\u003cbr\u003e 26. The necessity of firmness\u003cbr\u003e 27. A silk factory\u003cbr\u003e 28. A plague of immoderate rain\u003cbr\u003e 29. The symbolism of seaweed\u003cbr\u003e 30. A holiday scene\u003cbr\u003e 31. The fatigues of travelling\u003cbr\u003e 32. Good-tempered intoxication\u003cbr\u003e 33. Torrents of rain\u003cbr\u003e 34. Hope deferred\u003cbr\u003e 35. A lady's toilet\u003cbr\u003e 36. A travelling curiosity\u003cbr\u003e 37. A hard day's journey.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Asian history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Asian history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Asian%20history%20%5BHBJF%5D%22\"\u003eHBJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45909230846232,"sku":"9781108014625","price":38.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108014625i_463eef42-369d-4019-b0d8-ff8e5da8d16f.jpg?v=1694869326","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/unbeaten-tracks-in-japan-volume-1-an-account-of-travels-in-the-interior-including-visits-to-the-aborigines-of-yezo-and-the-shrines-of-nikko-and-ise-paperback-9781108014625","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}