The Capital of the Tycoon

Japanese: 《The Capital of the Tycoon》(英語表記)TheCapitaloftheTycoon
The Capital of the Tycoon

…However, the British government was not initially pleased with this, so Alcock was recalled to his home country, but he was soon approved to go to Shimonoseki, and was subsequently appointed envoy to China, a post he held from 1865 to 1871. Among his writings on Japan, The Capital of the Tycoon (1863) is a classic record of observations on Japan at the end of the Tokugawa shogunate. [Hagiwara Enju] …

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Japanese:

…しかし,イギリス政府は最初これを喜ばず,そのためオールコックは本国に召還されたが,まもなく下関遠征が承認され,つづいて駐清公使に任命されて,65年から71年までこの職を務めた。日本関係の著述のうち,とくに《大君の都The Capital of the Tycoon》(1863)は,幕末期日本についての古典的な観察記録である。【萩原 延寿】。…

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