Interested in History, especially Victorian era.
Books read include
A diplomat in Japan - Ernest Satow A diplomat in Japan Part 2 - Ernest Satow (Ed Ian Ruxton) Building Japan 1868-1876 by Richard Henry Brunton with an introduction by Hugh Cortazzi, Japan Library Limited, 1991, ISBN 1-873410-05-0 Victorians in Japan: in and around the Treaty Ports, London: Continuum International; 10-ISBN 0-485-11312-0/13-ISBN 978-0-485-11312-9 The History of Anglo-Japanese Relations, Vol. I (edited by Ian Nish and Yoichi Kibata). Inventing Japan: From Empire to Economic Miracle 1853–1964 (2003) ISBN 978-0-679-64085-1 At the Edge of Empire: The Life of Thomas Blake Glover [Illustrated] [Hardcover] Michael Gardiner ISBN-10: 1841585440 Britain and the 'Re-opening' of Japan The Treaty of Yedo 1858 and the Elgin mission Hugh Cortazzi --Victnihon (talk) 14:17, 31 October 2012 (UTC)