East by West: A Journey in the Recess, Volume 2Bentley, 1885 - 361 pages |
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... KIOTO IV . THE CAPITAL OF THE MIKADOS V. TEMPLES AND WORSHIPPERS VI . THE NEW EMPIRE IN THE WEST VII . THE GIBRALTAR OF THE EAST VIII . IN THE TROPICS IX . THE ISLE OF SPICY BREEZES X. THE PRISONER OF CEYLON XI . THE LIVERPOOL OF INDIA ...
... KIOTO IV . THE CAPITAL OF THE MIKADOS V. TEMPLES AND WORSHIPPERS VI . THE NEW EMPIRE IN THE WEST VII . THE GIBRALTAR OF THE EAST VIII . IN THE TROPICS IX . THE ISLE OF SPICY BREEZES X. THE PRISONER OF CEYLON XI . THE LIVERPOOL OF INDIA ...
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... Kioto the Mikado reigned , but in no sense governed . The ancient and curiously solemn farce of dual majesty still prevailed . The Mikado's person and autho- rity were sacred - too sacred for contact with mundane affairs . He lived in ...
... Kioto the Mikado reigned , but in no sense governed . The ancient and curiously solemn farce of dual majesty still prevailed . The Mikado's person and autho- rity were sacred - too sacred for contact with mundane affairs . He lived in ...
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... Kioto was possibly , after some vague efforts to compre- hend his position , absolutely ignored , and foreign treaties were contracted with " his Majesty the Tycoon . " It was the existence of these treaties , and the prospect of ...
... Kioto was possibly , after some vague efforts to compre- hend his position , absolutely ignored , and foreign treaties were contracted with " his Majesty the Tycoon . " It was the existence of these treaties , and the prospect of ...
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... , alike in the interests of Japan and of the commerce of the Western world , that the negotiations pending in 1884 may result in a just and equitable revision . CHAPTER III . BY SEA AND LAND TO KIOTO . A PERSONAL EPISODE IN HISTORY . 35.
... , alike in the interests of Japan and of the commerce of the Western world , that the negotiations pending in 1884 may result in a just and equitable revision . CHAPTER III . BY SEA AND LAND TO KIOTO . A PERSONAL EPISODE IN HISTORY . 35.
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... KIOTO . WE left Yokohama in the late afternoon , the bay looking more beautiful than ever in the sunlight , shining out of a sky blue as any spread over Naples . We were bound for Kioto . The ordinary way of going thither is to take a ...
... KIOTO . WE left Yokohama in the late afternoon , the bay looking more beautiful than ever in the sunlight , shining out of a sky blue as any spread over Naples . We were bound for Kioto . The ordinary way of going thither is to take a ...
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