Abstract

Brinkley's Japan

This article presents information on the book "Oriental Series: Japan and China," by F. Brinkley. Out of total twelve volume of this series-books, first four volumes are considered here. These four volumes are supposed to be a product of ripe scholarship and the unremitting industry of thirty years or more of life in Japan by one long since recognized as an authority. This edition is copiously illustrated with wood engravings, photographic reproductions, and brightly colored pictures. In the late sixties, when the disturbed condition of Japan made the British Government think it necessary to land armed forces in a camp at Yokohama and to keep them there for several years, Brinkley, an artillery officer, instead of devoting himself to the fascinations or Japanese nature and humanity, gave himself to the study of the language, art, and native learning.