1993, ISBN: 0862414555

[EAN: 9780862414559], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 4.09], [PU: Canongate Books, United Kingdom, Edinburgh], ALEXANDER MCKAY SCOTTISH SAMURAI LIFE OF THOMAS BLAKE GLOVER, In early l… More...

[EAN: 9780862414559], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 4.09], [PU: Canongate Books, United Kingdom, Edinburgh], ALEXANDER MCKAY SCOTTISH SAMURAI LIFE OF THOMAS BLAKE GLOVER, In early l868, the last Tokugawa Shogun was toppled from power by anti-shogun rebels with the help of Scotsman Thomas Blake Glover. This man, virtually unknown in his own country, is famed in Japan both for his contribution to the birth of modern Japan and for his connection with the Madame Butterfly legend. Having left Aberdeen as a young man, Glover travelled to Shanghai where he worked as a trader from 1857 to 1859. He then travelled to Japan, which opened to foreign trade in that year. He soon became a gunrunner, importing British weapons from the UK, and personally transporting American arms from Hong Kong and Shanghai. In 1865, Glover became involved with anti-shogun rebels who wanted a new and modern Japan. When the rebels finally toppled the Tokugawa Shogun in early 1868, Glover, recognizing the potential which was to be realised in modern Japan, began several entrepreneurial undertakings, including importing the first steam locomotive to Japan. Yataro Iwasaki, a friend of Glover from his rebel days, founded the Mitsubishi corporation in the mid-1870s and invited Glover to work for him. Glover was also friends with Hirobumi Ito, the first Prime Minister of Japan and later received the medal of the Order of the Rising Sun from the Emperor in 1908. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged., Books<

1993, ISBN: 9780862414559

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Canongate Press, 1993. Book. Good. Soft cover. First Edition. Some creasing to pages and covers. Pages a little tanned. 162 pages. Thomas Glover was an adviser to Prime Ministers and the … More...

Canongate Press, 1993. Book. Good. Soft cover. First Edition. Some creasing to pages and covers. Pages a little tanned. 162 pages. Thomas Glover was an adviser to Prime Ministers and the leading industrialists of Japan. The author worked in Japan in the early 1970s. This book is the result of several years of research in the UK, Japan and the USA. Signed by author on title page.., Canongate Press, 1993, 2.5<