SEA-GIRT YEZO : glimpses at missionary work in North Japan
by Batchelor, John Rev
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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About This Item
London: Church Missionary Society, 1902. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. green,gilt dec. pict. cloth, gilt spine,all edges gilt, beveled edges, vii, 120 p., illustrated, frontis., numerous black & white half tone illustrations from photographs, map, patterned endpapers, an exceptionally bright,tight copy, Rev. John Batchelor was an English missionary who lived in Japan, and known for his work among the Ainu people, and his advocacy for them in Japan. He wrote concerning the Ainu language and culture during some sixty years among them. Once authoritative, and forever a key primary source on Ainu folklore, more recent studies have superseded his linguistic analyses. His ministry in Japan ceased when he left in 1941 due to the Second World War."The word Yezo if probably of Ainu origin.means abounding and game." The name "Yezo" has been changed to Hokkaido, a word of Chinese origin meaning "the northern sea circuit." Size: 8 Vo.,20 Cm.,.
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- Bookseller
- Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1123499
- Title
- SEA-GIRT YEZO : glimpses at missionary work in North Japan
- Author
- Batchelor, John Rev
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Church Missionary Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1902
- Keywords
- MISSIONS -- JAPAN, AINU., JAPAN DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL, SOCIAL LIFE CUSTOMS 1868-1912, BATCHELOR, JOHN,
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Travel;
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Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
Biblio member since 2004
Fredericton, New Brunswick
About Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
Mail order only. 51 years as a bookseller
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