Russian Views of Japan, 1792-1913

This book presents rare narratives written by Russians - explorers, official envoys, scholars and, later, tourists - who visited Japan between 1792 and 1913.

David N. Wells is a senior librarian at Curtin University Library in Perth, Western Australia. He has published widely on Russian Literature, including two books on the poetry of Anna Akhmatova. He is joint editor (with Sandra Wilson) of The Russo-Japanese War in Cultural Perspectives, 1904-05.

1. Journal of Laxman's Embassy to Japan (Ezo, 1792-3) 2. Voyage Round the World (Nagasaki, 1804-5) 3. Narrative of My Captivity in Japan (Ezo, 1811) 4. The Frigate Pallada (Nagasaki, 1853) 5. News from Japan (Edo, 1859) 6. In the East (Hakodate, 1860) 7. Around Asia (Nagasaki, 1880) 8. On the Japanese Railways (Nagoya, 1890) 9. Around the Islands of the Far East (Nagasaki, 1892) 10. Around Korea, Manchuria and the Liaodong Peninsula (Nagasaki, Yokohama, 1898) 11. The Price of Blood (Kyoto, 1905) 12. My First Day in Japan (Gifu, 1913)