Excerpt from Japan: Its History, Traditions, and Religions, With the Narrative of a Visit in 1879, Vol. 1 of 2To write an outline of the history of Japan would have been an undertaking of some difficulty even to one con versant with the language and enjoying free access to the literature of the country, to one unacquainted with the language, and having access only to its translated literature.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.