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Tag Archives: Japan Rising

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  • 21
    May

    2009

    Free Book Friday 5-22!

    Tribeca Park is the place. Free ARCs abound. 12:30, Friday, May 22. Meet us in the park for a sampling of free Advanced Reader Copies. We’ll have a few different books, among them The Cambridge Companion...

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  • 24
    Apr

    2009

    Free Book Friday: 4-24

    Free Book Friday! It’ll be beautiful outside. Treat yourself to a free ARC from one of our upcoming titles, hand-selected for awesomeness. Meet us today at lunchtime: Washington Square Park, under...

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  • 16
    Apr

    2009

    Japanese Embassy visiting Burton brewery in 1872

    The Japanese Iwakura Embassy of 1871-73 was among the first official contacts that pre-industrial Japan had with the outside world. Here, having visited the US, the Embassy visits Burton-on-Trent in Britain,...

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  • 26
    Mar

    2009

    A view of 1872 America through Japanese eyes

    In 1872 Oakand, California, the Japanese Iwakura Embassy toured a winery. The embassy was established as one of Japan’s first formal contacts with the industrial west, and used to learn about new...

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  • 30
    Jan

    2009

    A view of 1872 America through Japanese eyes

    From December 23, 1871 to September 13, 1873, one of the first embassies of Meiji Japan traveled throughout the US and Europe on a fact-finding mission. Led by Prince Iwakura, their task was to re-negotiate...

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