Britain and Japan: Biographical Portraits

Hugh Cortazzi

Published by Amsterdam University Press 2016

Britain and Japan

Biographical Portraits

Hugh Cortazzi

Volume 10 in the series Britain & Japan: Biographical Portraits

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781898823469

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About this book

This volume comprises some fifty essays on different themes and personalities, grouped thematically: portraits of key figures such as Stamford Raffles and Lord Lytton; history of Japanese trade and investment in the UK, such as NSK and Mitsubishi Electric; scholars such as Basil Hall Chamberlain; international Japanese banker Ogata Shijuro.

Author / Editor information

Cortazzi Hugh :

Sir Hugh Cortazzi, GCMG, was British Ambassador to Japan 1980-1984 and Chairman of The Japan Society, London, 1985-1995. He has written extensively on Japan. His many books include Isles of Gold: Antique Maps of Japan (1983), The Japanese Achievement (1990) and his memoir Japan and Back and Places Elsewhere (1998). He compiled and edited seven volumes of Britain & Japan: Biographical Portraits, most recently volume X (2016).Sir Hugh Cortazzi, GCMG, was British Ambassador to Japan 1980-1984 and Chairman of The Japan Society, London, 1985-1995. He has written extensively on Japan. His many books include Isles of Gold: Antique Maps of Japan (1983), The Japanese Achievement (1990) and his memoir Japan and Back and Places Elsewhere (1998). He compiled and edited seven volumes of Britain & Japan: Biographical Portraits, most recently volume X (2016), for The Japan Society, in addition to Japan Experiences: Fifty Years, One Hundred Views (2001), British Envoys in Japan, 1859-1972 (2004) and The Growing Power of Japan, 1967-1972: Analysis and Assessments from John Pilcher and the British Embassy, Tokyo (2015). He also co-edited, with Peter Kornicki, Japanese Studies in Britain: A Survey and History (2016).

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Hugh Cortazzi Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
List of Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	xxxiii
Index of Biographical Portraits and Memoirs in Japan Society Volumes Publicly Available Download PDF	xxxvii
PART I: BRITAIN IN JAPAN
PERSONALITIES AND ENTREPRENEURS
1. Admiral Sir Fleetwood Pellew (1789–1861) and the Phaeton Incident of 1808 Timon Screech Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Thomas (Sir Stamford) Raffles (1781–1826) and Dr Donald Ainslie Timon Screech Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	20
3. Victoria Crosses Awarded for Valour in Japan: Duncan Boyes, Thomas Pride, William Seeley and Robert Gray Ian Ruxton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
4. Marianne North (1830–1890): Traveller, Botanist and Artist Karato Tadashi and Hugh Cortazzi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
5. William Henry Smith (1838–1884): Prominent Public-spirited Figure in Early Yokohama History Mike Galbraith Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	58
6. Alan Owston (1853–1915): Naturalist and Yachtsman Mike Galbraith Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	74
7. Edgar Abbott (1849–1890): Athlete and Brewer Mike Galbraith Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	86
8. No 48, Yokohama Mike Galbraith Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	98
9. Thomas Bates Blow (1853–1941): Antiquarian, Apiarist and Pioneer Motorist in Japan Ian Chrystie Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	106
WRITERS AND BROADCASTERS
10. Ernest Harold Pickering, M.P. (1881–1957): A Convinced but Unconvincing Apologist for Japan Peter O’Connor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
11. Dorothy Britton (Lady Bouchier 1922–2015), Gifted Composer, Author and Translator Hugh Cortazzi and Paul Norbury Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	138
12. John Newman (1935–1993): Jūdōka, Broadcaster and Academic Ian Ruxton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
13. Peter Martin (1931–2004): Successful Author and British Council Representative Mike Barrett Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
MISSIONARIES
14. Charles Frederick Warren (1841–1899): Anglican Missionary in Osaka Hamish Ion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
15. Barclay Fowell Buxton (1860–1946): Evangelistic Missionary in Japan Hamish Ion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
16. The Archdeacon and the Canon: The Hutchinsons of Japan Hamish Ion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
POLITICIANS
17. The Fifteenth Earl of Derby (1826–1893): Foreign Secretary Robert Morton and Andrew Cobbing Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
18. Earl of Kimberley (1826–1902) and Japan Thomas Otte Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	208
19. Lord Lansdowne (1845–1927) and Japan Thomas Otte Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
20. Lord Lytton (1876–1947) and Anglo-Japanese Relations in the 1930s Antony Best Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	238
OFFICIALS AND DIPLOMATS
21. Early British Judges in Japan, 1865–1881: Sir Edmund Grimani Hornby, Charles Wycliffe Goodwin and Sir Richard Temple Rennie Christopher Roberts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	247
22. John Carey Hall (1864–1926): A Career in Japan and the Japan Consular Service J. E. Hoare Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	278
23. Sir Colin John Davidson (1878–1930): Japan Specialist in the British Consular Service Ayako Hotta-Lister Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	292
24. John Frederick Lowder (1843–1902): Consul, Counsel and o-yatoi J. E. Hoare Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	300
25. Sir Edward Crowe (1877–1960): Forgotten Star of the Japan Consular Service J. E. Hoare Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	303
26. Oswald ‘Shiro’ White (1884–1970): 38 Years in the Japan Consular Service Hugo Read Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	307
27. Three British Consuls in Manchuria, 1931–32: Esler Dening, Robert Scott and George Moss Ian Nish Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	318
28. Sir Fred Warner (1918–1995): Ambassador to Japan, 1972–76 Robert Cooper Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	327
29. Sir Michael Wilford (1922–2006): Ambassador to Japan, 1975–80 David Warren Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	333
30. Sir John Whitehead (1932–2013): Ambassador to Japan, 1987–1992 Hugh Cortazzi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	343
SCHOLARS
31. Basil Hall Chamberlain’s Things Japanese and the ‘Invention of a New Religion’: A Critique of Bushido Joseph Cronin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	349
32. William J.S. Shand (1850–1909) and Henry John Weintz (1864–1931): ‘Japanese Self-taught’ Noboru Koyama Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	362
33. Douglas Mills (1923–2005): Scholar of Japanese at Cambridge University Richard Bowring Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	371
34. John McEwan (1924–1969): Scholar of Japanese at Cambridge University Peter Kornicki Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	374
BUSINESS, TRADE AND INVESTMENT
35. Charles Sale (1868–1943) and George Sale (1896–1976): Business and Politics in Anglo-Japanese Relations Antony Best Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	391
36. Christopher W. McDonald (1931–2011): A Life in Japan Yunichiro Nakajima Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	399
37. NSK at Peterlee: A Successful Japanese Manufacturing Investment in the UK Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	408
38. Sharp Corporation’s UK Research Investment: Sharp Laboratories of Europe Ltd Clive Bradley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	423
39. Mitsubishi Electric’s Manufacturing Investments in Scotland Yoshio Noguchi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	434
40. Alps Electric (UK) Limited and the Birth of Two Trees Photonics Limited Peter Woodland Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	442
41. Chugai Pharmaceutical in the United Kingdom Martin Edelshain Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	456
42. Selling British Electronics to Japan
Part I: Selling to Japanese Manufacturers Investing in Britain Ivor Cohen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	462
Part II: Selling to Japanese Companies in Japan Peter Bacon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	472
BUSINESS, TRADE AND INVESTMENT
43. Wool in Japan: A Very British Story R. Peter Ackroyd Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	480
44. The British Chamber of Commerce (Japan), 1948–2015 Ian De Stains Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	491
45. English Lawyers and Japan from the 1960s to the Present Day Tony Grundy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	501
46. The British Pavilion at Aichi Expo 2005 Paul Madden Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	521
CULTURE
47. Victorian Novelists in Japan: Thomas Hardy, Charles Dickens, Charlotte and Emily Brontë in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries Haruno Kayama Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	531
48. Minton for the Meiji Emperor Mary Redfern Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	542
49. Britain and the JET Programme: Five Individuals Graham Healey and Nicolas Maclean Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	554
PART II: JAPAN IN BRITAIN
DIPLOMATS
50. Fujiyama Naraichi (1915–1994): A Young Diplomat in Wartime Eiji Seki Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	569
51. Kazuo Chiba (1925–2004): An Outstanding Japanese Diplomat Hugh Cortazzi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	577
52. Young Japanese Diplomats Sent to Study at British Universities Sadaaki Numata Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	584
BUSINESS, TRADE AND BANKING
53. Saba Shoichi (1919–2012): Japanese Industrialist and Friend of Britain Hugh Cortazzi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	599
54. Shijuro Ogata (1927–2014): Internationalist Japanese Banker Hugh Cortazzi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	607
55. The Japanese Chamber of Commerce in the UK, 1959–2015 Patrick Macartney Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	612
SCHOLARS
56. Yasui Tetsu (1870–1945): Promoter of Women’s Higher Education Hiroko Tomida Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	625
57. Tanaka Hozumi (1876–1944): Enlightened Educationalist at Waseda Norimasa Morita Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	637
58. Hagihara Nobutoshi (1926–2001): Internationalist Gordon Daniels Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	648
59. Nakaya Ukichiro (1900–1962): Snow Scientist Jenny White Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	663
60. Takakusu Junjirō (1866–1945): Buddhist Idealist, Scholar and Educator Iwagami Kazunori and Paride Stortin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	680
CULTURE & COLLABORATION
61. Itō Michio (1892–1961): Dancer and Producer Norimasa Morita Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	693
62. Bonsai in Britain Colin Ellis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	705
63. The Royal Academy of Arts and Japan: 140 Years of Exhibitions, Education and Debate Mayu Kamide Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	718
64. Mackintosh and the Glasgow Style: Japonisme Libby Horner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	731
65. Shimaoka Tatsuzō (1919–2007): Master Japanese Potter Hugh Cortazzi and Dharini Parekh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	745
66. Katō Shōzō (1863–1930) and Tomita Kumasaku (1872–1953): Japanese Art Dealers in London Noboru Koyama Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	754
67. Netsuke and Inrō collectors in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Rosemary Bandini Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	761
68. Lisa, Lady Sainsbury (1912–2014): Bringing Japanese Art to East Anglia Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	773
69. UK-Japan 21^stCentury group Marie Conte-Helm Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	779
Select Bibliography of Works in English on Anglo-Japanese Relations Gill Goddard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	791
Select Bibliography of Works in Japanese on Anglo-Japanese Relations Akira Hirano Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	809
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	815

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Language: English
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 884
Keywords: anglo-japanese trade; bonsai; victorian novelists; missionaries; politicians

eBook

Published: June 1, 2016
ISBN: 9781898823469