- EAN13
- 9782384691845
- Éditeur
- Human and Literature Publishing
- Date de publication
- 05/08/2023
- Langue
- anglais
- Fiches UNIMARC
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Aide EAN13 : 9782384691845
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This book presents a brief history of early men in Japan.
There is no race of people in whose origin we are more interested than in that
of the Japanese. Their history going so completely back for nearly two
thousand years, their civilization, which in so many respects parallels our
own—the various epochs in our history being typified again and again by
similar ages in Japan—all excite our deepest interest. The difficulty of
tracing out ethnical affinities either through their personal peculiarities or
their language presents a problem yet unsolved. That they are a composite race
we cannot doubt. All their traditions point to their coming from the south,
and equally sure are we that when they landed they found a hairy race of men
to contest their occupation. Later history shows that a number of Chinese
invasions took place, and these unwelcome visits were returned by the
Japanese. Corea was invaded by the Japanese long ago. With these facts in
mind, we are no longer surprised at the great variety of faces to be met with
in Japan—faces purely Chinese; others with the coarser features of the
northern tribes; and again the delicate and pleasant features of what is
supposed to represent the typical Japanese.
There is no race of people in whose origin we are more interested than in that
of the Japanese. Their history going so completely back for nearly two
thousand years, their civilization, which in so many respects parallels our
own—the various epochs in our history being typified again and again by
similar ages in Japan—all excite our deepest interest. The difficulty of
tracing out ethnical affinities either through their personal peculiarities or
their language presents a problem yet unsolved. That they are a composite race
we cannot doubt. All their traditions point to their coming from the south,
and equally sure are we that when they landed they found a hairy race of men
to contest their occupation. Later history shows that a number of Chinese
invasions took place, and these unwelcome visits were returned by the
Japanese. Corea was invaded by the Japanese long ago. With these facts in
mind, we are no longer surprised at the great variety of faces to be met with
in Japan—faces purely Chinese; others with the coarser features of the
northern tribes; and again the delicate and pleasant features of what is
supposed to represent the typical Japanese.
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