01 Oct 2003

Drifting Toward The Southeast
Spinner Publications, New Bedford, USA
Supplied note: "The story of John Manjiro, .The man who opened Japan to the West,' is being told in a new book called "Drifting Toward the Southeast," published by Spinner Publications of New Bedford, Massachusetts. The book is the first complete, fully-illustrated, English language translation of the Hyoson Kiryaku, an 1852 manuscript hand-recorded in four brush-written volumes. It is based on the court testimony of Manjiro and his companions upon their return to Japan after 10 years in the West. Manjiro was the first known Japanese visitor to the United States, and his observations became the image of America held by the Japanese during a period of isolation in their country. - cm."
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