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Part II

A JAPANESE HISTORY OF NAPOLEON, WITH LIVES OF PETER THE GREAT, ALEXANDER THE GREAT, AND ARISTOTLE, AND NOTES ON FRANCE AND GREECE

Written by a Japanese in the Fikst Half of the

Nineteenth Century, and Translated by

YosHio Marking

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INTRODUCTION, WITH NOTES BY THE JAPANESE

AUTHOR, BY YOSHIO MARKINO, AND BY DOUGLAS

1. A JAPANESE HISTORY OP NAPOLEON . . . I43

2. CONTINUATION OF THE SAME . . . . 1 52

3. NOTES ON THE STATE OF FRANCE IN THE

NAPOLEONIC EPOCH 1 76

4. A JAPANESE HISTORY OF PETER THE GREAT . . 18O

5. A JAPANESE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT,

WITH NOTES ON ARISTOTLE . . . . I92

6. NOTES ON GREECE IN THE NAPOLEONIC EPOCH . 200

LETTEE v., AND OBSEEVATIONS

LETTER VL, AND CONCLUSION

PAGE

254 294 298 306

Part IV. Japan From A Man's Point Of View

By Douglas Sladen

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1. THE ARMY AND THE FAMILY IN JAPAN . . 318

2. JAPAN, THE ITALY OF THE EAST .... 34O

5. HOW THE JAPANESE SPENDS HIS HOLIDAYS . . 381

6. SHOPS A JOB-LINE IN jJ^PAN . . . -395

7. THE CHEERFUL LOT OF THE JAPANESE WOMEN . 408

9. JAPANESE DOMESTIC JOYS FOR ENGLAND . . 434

Appendix

THE YOSHIWARA FROM WITHIN .

Cornell University Library

The original of tiiis book is in tine Cornell University Library.

There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text.

List of Illustrations

Illustrations to the Japanese Life of Napoleon

PAGES

1. THE CORONATION OF NAPOLEON AT PARIS . 160-161

2. DRILL ON THE RHINE ..... I38-I39

3. THE MARRIAGE OF NAPOLEON AND JOSEPHINE . I48-I49

4. NAPOLEON GOING TO BE KILLED BY ASSASSINS . 1 52-1 53

5. NAPOLEON BURNING THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR . 158-159

6. napoleon's ATTACK ON MOSCOW . . . 1 66- 1 67

7. ENGLISH SOLDIERS GUARDING NAPOLEON AT ST

HELENA ....... I7O-I7I

8. napoleon's FUNERAL AT PARIS . . . I74-I75

Illustration to the Japanese Life of Peter the Great

CHARLES XII. OF SWEDEN PURSUED BY PETER THE

Illustration to the Japanese Life of Alexander the Great

DIOGENES REBUKING ALEXANDER THE GREAT FOR

GETTING BETWEEN HIM AND THE SUN . I94-I95

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Hokusai Illustrations

TO BACK ON

PAGES

1. JAPAN : VIEW OF FUJISAWA AND YOSHIWARA . xl-I

2. THE MEETING OF TWO SERVANTS: VIEW OF ISHI

3. KIKUSHI : A EIKSHA BOYs' TEAHOUSE . . S^~S9

4. OISO AND HIRATSUKA ..... 86-87

5. THE ENTRANCE TO A TEMPLE : VIEW OF YOKA-

7. TRAVELLING IN JAPAN IN WILL ADAMs's DAY:

VIEWS OF TOTSUKA AND HOSOGAYO . . 28O-281

8. SAMURAI IN THE OLDEN TIME : VIEW OF

9. HOKUSAl's FUJI-SAN 364-365

Other Illustrations

1. A JAPANESE HUSBAND OF THE GOOD OLD DAYS 34-35

2. BEHIND THE SHOJI 4O-4I

3. A LOVER AND HIS LASS IN JAPAN . . . IO4-IO5

4. A LADY OF THE YOSHIWARA .... 458-459

Preface to the Peace Edition

In all my travels, I never met such a proud people as the Japanese. When I was among them I resented this pride as arrogance. I looked upon the Japanese as bantams unaware of their relative position in the world. That was in their day of small things, when they had to extort recognition from an incredulous Europe. But in their day of triumph they have shown a moderation and chivalry never equalled since knighthood was in flower in the age of Chandos and the Black Prince. In my Introduction, written a year ago, I said : — " They have conducted the whole war so grandly that even if they are beaten they will fill one of the most splendid pages in history, as having conducted a great war in the finest possible way. They have been so brave and magnanimous. They have played the game as finely as it was ever played in history." The Japanese are now beyond the reach of failure, and no historian will ever dream of disputing that "they have conducted the whole war so grandly that they will fill one of the most splendid pages in history." In a war fought on a scale so gigantic as to be without a parallel in history, they have not only inflicted losses on the