Monks, spies, and a soldier of fortune : the Japanese in Tibet
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Monks, spies, and a soldier of fortune : the Japanese in Tibet
Athlone, 1995
Available at 29 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Maps of Tibet, China, India on lining papers
Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-343) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
During the first half of the 20th century, as Tibet opened its doors to the West, the country was visited by a number of Japanese. Two were monks investigating Tibetan Buddhism; two others were more worldly clerics hoping to manipulate Tibetan politics. Of the laymen, two were spies, one was a soldier of fortune and a fourth was the author of a three-volume adventure story. The present book, based on research into Japanese sources, recounts this virtually unknown episode in the history of travel and exploration. Berry's previous books include "A Stranger in Tibet" (1989) and "Japanese Agent in Tibet" (1990).
Table of Contents
- Death in the Borderlands
- On the Road to Nature's Mandala
- A Mongolian Lama of Great Learning and Attainments
- World Travelling (With and Without Finds)
- The Soldier of Fortune and the Diplomat
- The Years of Promise
- The Scene Shifts to Mongolia
- Into the Ruined Land
- Flight to Lhasa
- Pilgrim, Pedlar, Beggar, Monk
- Journey to Kham
- The Road Home.
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