Unbeaten Tracks in Japan: Volume 2: An Account of Travels in the Interior, Including Visits to the Aborigines of Yezo and the Shrines of Nikko and Ise (Library Collection - Travel and Exploration)

Isabella Bird's Unbeaten Tracks in Japan was published in 1880 and recounts her travels in the Far East, begun four years earlier. Bird was recommended an open-air life from an early age as a cure for her physical and nervous difficulties. She toured the United States and Canada, New Zealand, Australia and the Sandwich Islands, before travelling to the Far East in order to strengthen herself to marry Dr John Bishop and live in Edinburgh. Based on the letters Bird wrote home, primarily to her sister, Volume 2 covers her journeys to Yeso, Tokyo, Kyoto, and the Ise Shrines, and includes her experiences of staying with the Hairy Ainu, the indigenous inhabitants of northern Japan. As with the first volume, it includes much detail of the lifestyles, customs, and habits of the people she encountered, as well as a chapter on Japanese public affairs. CONTENTS OF VOL. II......Page 10 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN VOLUME II......Page 18 ERRATA.......Page 19 NOTES ON YEZO.......Page 20 LETTER XXXVIII.......Page 30 LETTER XXXIX......Page 39 LETTER XL......Page 45 LETTER XL.—(Continued).......Page 64 LETTER XLI.......Page 68 LETTER XLI. (Continued.)......Page 80 LETTER XLII.......Page 92 LETTER XLII.—(Continued).......Page 101 LETTER XLII.—{Continued).......Page 113 LETTER XLIII.......Page 128 LETTER XLIV.......Page 132 LETTER XLIV.—{Continued).......Page 142 LETTER XLV.......Page 146 LETTER XLV.—{Continued).......Page 155 LETTER XLVI......Page 162 ITINERARY of TOUR in YEZO.......Page 173 LETTER XLVII......Page 174 LETTER XLVIII......Page 180 LETTER XLIX......Page 185 NOTES ON T0KIY0......Page 187 NOTES OF TOKIYO—{Concluded)......Page 203 LETTER L.......Page 220 LETTER LI.......Page 231 LETTER LII......Page 243 LETTER LIII.......Page 255 LETTER LIV.......Page 266 LETTER LV.......Page 272 NOTES ON THE ISE SHRINES......Page 290 LETTER LVI......Page 297 LETTER LVII......Page 301 ITINERARY of ROUTE from KIYOTO to YAMADA......Page 311 LETTER LVIII......Page 312 LETTER LIX.......Page 325 A CHAPTER ON JAPANESE PUBLIC AFFAIRS......Page 330 APPENDIX A.......Page 368 APPENDIX B.......Page 372 APPENDIX C.......Page 381 APPENDIX D.—FOREIGN TRADE......Page 388 INDEX......Page 394 Isabella Bird's Unbeaten Tracks in Japan was created from the letters that she wrote home to her sister and others. This is a fascinating work on the lifestyles, customs, and habits of the people she encountered. Unbeaten Tracks Contains Fascinating Observational Anecdotes Of Nineteenth-century Japan. This Volume Continues The Journey, Including Experiences Of Tribal Living.