first published in New York in 1841based on first hand observations of Dr. Philpp Franz von Siebold of the Dutch trading port Deshima in the years 1823-29, as well as on Spanish, Portuguese, German, and English records of early Japan, provides us with a picture of what Japan was like in the closing years of its feudal period.

Manners and Customs of the Japanese in the Nineteenth Century: From the Accounts of Dutch Residents in Japan

Franz von Siebold, Philipp

Charles E. Tuttle Company

1973

2006.038.184