Word: japanism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Probably the rarest single item in the collection is a copy of "Letters from Shimane and Kyushu" by Hearn. Of the 100 volumes published in Japan 70 never left the country. There are also fine modern editions of Hearn's works and translations in French, Swedish, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Polish and German...
...Manchukuo, which has thus far been recognized only by Japan and El Salvador, this abrupt exit was almost equivalent to "breaking off diplomatic relations"'-the traditional prelude to war. In the capital of Manchukuo, snow-bound Hsinking, the Japanese-directed government of Emperor Kang Te branded the fighting last week as "undeclared war" and seemed ready to fight at 30° below zero. In Tokyo, which was digging out from a record snowfall of twelve inches, the temperature was warmer last week than in Hsinking, but cooler-headed was the Japanese Government than the Government of Manchukuo. Japanese bluff...
...spare the time from such other headaches as Ethiopia and Nazis, something should be done to help China by maintaining "the open door." China has received the heaviest solar-plexus wallop to her economy not from Japan but from the Pittman "Silver Bloc" in Congress, whose success in jacking up President Roosevelt to jack up the price of silver forced China's currency off the silver standard and dislocated the affairs of 400,000,000 Chinese. Last week's keynote caused the Japanese Foreign Office's tart spokesman Mr. Eiji Amau to snort: "Senator Pittman...
...milk, and seven have records of more than 1,000 Ib. of butterfat. Average for U. S. cows is about 5,000 Ib. of milk, 200 Ib. of butter. Daisy's dam was bought by a Yokohama breeder named Y. Habu, who took her to Japan. During the twelve-month test period, Daisy gained some 75 Ib., now weighs a little more than 1,700 Ib. Kept in a large box stall, she was carefully guarded against undue excitement. She consumed more than 21 tons of food and unlimited quantities of water. A typical daily ration...
...work, taciturn zeal and plenty of fighting skill did Togo become Admiral of the Son of Heaven's navy. When he first entered the Japanese Navy there was none, of any account. Togo was born just five years before Commodore Perry sailed into Yedo Bay and opened medieval Japan to western ways. At 16, Togo got his first baptism of fire and his first impressions of European cannon when British battleships bombarded Kagoshima, where Togo served in one of the smoothbore, muzzle-loading batteries. Three years later he joined the Navy, fought all through Japan's civil...