Historical English Studies in Japan

Arthur Diosy, Founder of the Japan Society

Shozo Nagaoka

1996 Volume 1997 Issue 29 Pages 1-12
Published: 1996
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.5024/jeigakushi.1997.1

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Arthur Diosy was born in London in 1856. His father Martin was a Hungarian patriot who escaped to England when the revolution failed in 1849.
Arthur had a great interest in Japan from his childhood, therefore he studied Japanese language and things Japanese by himself. He proposed the establishment of a society for the encouragement of Japanese studies in September of 1891. The inaugugural meeting of the Japan Society was held in April 1892, when he was nominated as honorary secretary and later became vice-chairman.
He lectured about Japan many times all over the country and published a book “The New Far East” in 1898 which won great success. The following year he visited Japan with his wife for the first time, and received a great welcome from many Japanese people during their four-month-stay.
He served as a chairman of the Japan Society from 1901 to 1904 and then became vice-president. He welcomed all of the royalties and eminent people of Japan who visited England with warmest hospitality until his death in 1923.

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Introduction of the IPA into A Complete English-Japanese Dictionary by K. Fujioka in 1921 : A Historical and Evaluative Study of Its Related Matters

Yoshiharu IDA

1996 Volume 1997 Issue 29 Pages 13-29
Published: 1996
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.5024/jeigakushi.1997.13

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John B. Putnam's Letters from Japan (Pt. 2)

Toshiaki Takahashi

1996 Volume 1997 Issue 29 Pages 31-45
Published: 1996
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.5024/jeigakushi.1997.31

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After landing at Yokohama at the end of 1867, J. B. Putnam had numerous exotic experiences in Yokohama, Kamakura and finally in Yedo, and reported his adventurous trips around these towns in a series of letters home, which were published in New York in several issues of Putnam's Magazine. This paper includes extracts from his letters and some related comments.

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Tomo-o Endo

1996 Volume 1997 Issue 29 Pages 47-59
Published: 1996
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.5024/jeigakushi.1997.47

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Resume : English Studies in Hagi (Choshu) Clan

Mainly Focusing on the Bibliography of English Books Used in the Naval Academy and its Related Schools

Yoshinori TERADA

1996 Volume 1997 Issue 29 Pages 61-79
Published: 1996
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.5024/jeigakushi.1997.61

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The author held some practical inquiries into Western studies carried out in Hagi (Choshu) clan in the revolutionary age of Meiji Restoration.. The, outlines of its growth of English studies have been made out by the author for thirty five years as follows :
1. Preface-Perspectives of the navy and English studies.
2. A list of the textbooks of the Naval Academy established at Mitajiri in Hagi (Choshu) clan and its history of the institutes of Western studies-the birth and growth of a modern naval education in the clan.
3. A historic process of the growth of English studies carried out in Hagi (Choshu) clan on the axis of Hagi, Yamaguchi, and Mitajiri (1).
4. A historic process of the growth of English studies carried out in Hagi (Choshu) clan on the axis of Hagi, Yamaguchi, and Mitajiri (2).
5. A bibliographical outline of Dutch and English studies carried out in Hagi (Choshu) clan, including an introduction to McGuffey' s Eclectic First Reader.
6. A main bibliography of English studies, and The Holy Bible used in the Naval Academy and the Hajo Gakusha.
This time the author aimes at some clarification on the bibliography of English books used in the classes of English studies in the Naval Academy. The work of this thesis will lead to the viewpoint of establishing an independent country as the wealthy nation and building up the modern army and navy for the modernization of Japan in Meiji Era.

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