Japanese Business Card Album

Published by (circa1939)., [Japan]., 1939

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Seller: Asia Bookroom ANZAAB/ILAB, Canberra, ACT, AustraliaAsia Bookroom ANZAAB/ILAB

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103 name or business cards mounted on 17 window-faced card leaves (a little faded and a few tears) in an album 26.2 x 18.3 cm; green linen boards, gilt decorated spine (a little chipped and rubbed), but in remarkable original condition. An album of Japanese name cards collected in the late 1930s, apparently by Bruce Rogers, who held a post at the University of Oregon. The name cards, which are organized roughly in alphabetical order in a purpose-made album, offer a fascinating insight into the network of contacts of a western resident in prewar Japan. They include cards presented to Rogers by journalists, academics, businesspeople, diplomats and others. Though quite a number of his contacts are Americans or other foreigners, the majority are Japanese. There are three cards from George Albert Makinson (1886-1972) and his wife, presented at the time when Makinson was US Consul General in Osaka (a post he took up in1938, and a card presented by Parliamentary Lower House member Honda Yoshinari (1871-1952). Some of the cards include inscriptions thanking Rogers for hospitality, and one particularly interesting one is inscribed with a message of introduction from a Japanese acquaintance asking for Rogers to be allowed to be present during an air-raid drill in Tokyo (an omen of the approaching war).…

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Bibliographic details

Title
Japanese Business Card Album
Author
[TRADE AND DIPLOMACY IN 1930S JAPAN]
Publisher
(circa1939)., [Japan].
Publication year
1939
Binding
Hardcover
Seller catalogs
Japan - 1930s

Asia Bookroom ANZAAB/ILAB

Canberra, ACT, Australia

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Asia Bookroom is a specialised bookseller in Canberra, the capital of Australia. We specialise in books on Asia with smaller sections on the Pacific and the Middle East. We issue over 30 regular lists featuring recent arrivals of books and other paper material in our specialist areas. Our lists are available by e-mail, in printed form by post or by browsing our web page. Please let us know if you would like to be on our mailing list. We run a bricks and mortar premises in a commercial area which you are most welcome to visit. We are open by appointment or by chance. Our hours are posted for the following week on our website www.AsiaBookroom.com…

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Weekend Gallery Books T/A Asia Bookroom

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