A Japanese Journal
Stopes, Marie / De Lange, William
Marie Stopes (1880-1958), the controversial but brilliant British palaeobotanist, arrived in Japan in 1907 to stay for almost three years on a scholarship from the Royal Society to do research into fossils. Drawn to the country by her passion for a Japanese scholar she had met in Germany, she soon found their relationship had cooled, yet her love for the country only deepens.In the course of her works she met some of the foremost Japanese men ...