Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns. Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779-1822.
United States. Routledge. 2009. Black and white illustrations, xiii + 265 pages, index, bibliography, notes, glossary, paperback. Isaac Titsingh was intermittently head of the Japan factory (trading station) of the Dutch East India Company 1780-94. He was a career merchant, but unusual in having a classical education and training as..... More