Japanese students at Cambridge University in the Meiji Era, 1868-1912 : pioneers for the modernization of Japan

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Japanese students at Cambridge University in the Meiji Era, 1868-1912 : pioneers for the modernization of Japan

by Noboru Koyama ; translated by Ian Ruxton ; with an introduction by Sir John Boyd

Lulu, [2004]

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Hatenkō 'Meiji ryūgakusei' retsuden : DaiEi teikoku ni mananda hitobito

破天荒「明治留学生」列伝 : 大英帝国に学んだ人々

Hatenkō "Meiji ryūgakusei" retsuden

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Bibliography: p. 145-151

Includes index

Also available online via WWW: http://hdl.handle.net/10228/00006842 (accessed 2022.6.10)

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This well-researched PAPERBACK and DOWNLOAD, first written in Japanese by Noboru Koyama and published in Tokyo in 1999, has been translated by Ian Ruxton. This fascinating case study is centred on the first Japanese graduate of Cambridge University, mathematician and academic Kikuchi Dairoku (1855-1917). Others who went on to distinguished careers include the scholar and statesman Suematsu Kencho (1855-1920) and the scholar-diplomat Inagaki Manjiro (1861-1908). This story, told for the first time in English, should interest all students of the Meiji era in Japan. The book includes nine black & white images, an introduction, a preface, seven appendices, an expanded bibliography and an improved index. 235 pages. Book Page. Preview/a --a --a "a a . "...[T]his is of interest to historians and Cambridge graduates alike." (Kansai Time Out)

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