The Japan Directory, for the year 1885 Printed and Published at the Office of The Japan Gazette
[Japan] An important, primary source of information in English about Japan and the Western residents who lived there in 1885. The book ends with numerous pages of advertisements for businesses run by Westerners, Japanese and Chinese people. The directory contains the following: The empire of Japan and members of the Imperial family, the roll of nobility in Japan, vital statistics of Japan, schools in Japan (foldout), plan of Yokohama (foldout map), Yokohama directory, the Bluff directory, the Tokio [Tokyo] directory, the Hiogo [Hyogo] directory, the Osaka directory, the Nagasaki directory, the Hakodate directory, Niigata, the Settlement of Fusan [Pusan, Korea foldout map], Corean [Korean] directory, Alphabetical list of residents in Yokohama, Tokio, Corea & Outports for the year 1885, and general information on Japan and Korea (including treaties and import tariffs).
Yokohama. Japan Gazette. 1885.
pp. [52], 176, [2], 122, [64] + 4 foldouts. 23.6 x 16.4cm.
In good condition. Front board is loose but holding. Wear and chipping to spine. Minor age wear internally. A few pages with creased corners. Internally very good. b37061896
