Japan e-bog

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. IT appears to me erroneous to say - though it very commonly is said - that we know next to nothing of Japan and the Japanese. We possess, in books, old and new - but mostly old and voluminous - the means of knowing quite as much of them as we know of any other Eastern nation.