The Literature of Travel in the Japanese Rediscovery of China, 1862-1945.

Abstract

Preface Introduction: why do people travel? Why do people write about travel? Part I. Past and Present, Discovery and Rediscovery: Travel to China Through the Late Meiji Period: 1. Travel in the context of East Asia 2. First contacts: the travelers aboard the Senzaimaru and other early accounts 3. Kangaku travelers in the Meiji period: China as ailing organism Part II. Fitting China Back In: Travel to China in the Taisho and Early Showa Periods: 4. Travel writing and the changing nature of Sino-Japanese relations 5. Educators, scholars, students 6. Professional travel writers 7. Journalists and politicians 8. Businessmen and the military 9. Novelists, poets, critics, and artists 10. Wartime travel in China Conclusion: travel within the world of Chinese characters and the problem of understanding China Appendix A. A note on the terminology for travelogues Appendix B. Abbreviations used in the notes and bibliography Notes Bibliography Character list Index.