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Basil Hall Chamberlin

Basil Hall Chamberlin

From his wikipedia page:


Basil Hall Chamberlain (18 October 1850 – 15 February 1935) was a professor of Japanese at Tokyo Imperial Universityand one of the foremost British Japanologists active in Japan during the late 19th century. (Others included Ernest Satow and W. G. Aston.) He also wrote some of the earliest translations of haiku into English. He is perhaps best remembered for his informal and popular one-volume encyclopedia Things Japanese, which first appeared in 1890 and which he revised several times thereafter. His interests were diverse, and his works include an anthology of poetry in French.

Basil Hall Chamberlin
Basil Hall Chamberlin
Basil Hall Chamberlin

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Basil Hall Chamberlin

An erudite voyage through the details and customs of Japanese life.

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