JAPANESE CUSTOMS Their Origin & Value - Wm Erskine 1925 SHINTOISM ROYAL WEDDING
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TITLE: Japanese Customs; Their Origin and Value
AUTHOR: William Hugh Erskine, M. A.
PUBLISHER: Tokyo: Kyo Bun Kwan
DATE: [1925]
DESCRIPTION: xii, 236 pages plates, portraits 23 cm.
CONDITION NOTES: VERY GOOD. Excellent page and cover attachment. A light amount of handling wear and a bit of sunning to spine. No dust jacket. Some foxing on the endpapers.
NOTES: An intriguing pre-war glimpse at Japanese customs with some focus on the period's national events: the Coronation of 1915; and the Royal Wedding of 1924; explaining the rituals in a wider context for a western audience, as well as mentions of the effects of the Tokyo earthquake of 1923. Also discusses Christian missionary work in Japan, introducing several native Christian ministers then active in Japan.
BINDING: Cloth with gilt titling.
