Interracial Intimacy in Japan: Western Men and Japanese Women, 1543-1900
- ISBN-10
- 0826460747
- ISBN-13
- 9780826460745
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 313
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003-01-01
- Publisher
- A&C Black
- Author
- Gary P. Leupp
Description
Gary Leupp describes and analyzes intimate relationships between Western men and Japanese women throughout the entire early modern period and into the first few decades of the modern period, when Westerners came to reside in the Treaty Ports. This subject has been largely overlooked by Western scholars, until now.
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