1896-1921 Transactions and Proceedings of the Japan Society, London

Description

First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding

A terrific collection of twenty-one volumes containing formal records of activities of the Japan Society, London, including lectures held throughout the year, book reviews and meetings.

Bound in the publisher's wraps. With a cloth spine to 'Nihongi'. 

Within these issues are fascinating discussions covering all aspects of Japanese literature, art, natural history, economics and more. 

Delivered by a range of experts in the field, such as Osman Edwards, T. Yokoi, S. Kajima, Sakuye Takahashi, among others. 

The entirety of this set comprises the following:

Supplement I - Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697 by W. G. Aston (Volume II, 1896) 

William George Aston was an Anglo-Irish diplomat and scholar of the languages and histories of Korea and Japan. He was one of three major British Japanologists active in Japan during the 19th century.

Volume III Part III - The Fourth Session, 1894-5 - With twelve plates. 

Volume IV Part II - The Sixth Session, 1896-7 - With twenty plates and in-text illustrations. 
Volume IV Part IV - The Seventh Session, 1897-8 - With fourteen plates. 

Volume V Part I - The Eighth Session, 1898-9 - With eight plates, one of which is a folding sketched map, and numerous in-text illustrations. 
Volume V Part II - The Eighth and Ninth Sessions, 1898-9 - With fourteen plates. 
Volume V Part IV - Tenth Session, 1900-1901 - With a frontispiece and thirteen plates. 

Volume VI Part I - Eleventh Session, 1901-1902 - With twenty-two plates.

Volume IX Part I - Nineteenth Session, 1909-1910 - With forty-three plates. 
Volume IX Part II - Twentieth Session, 1910-1911 - With ten plates. 
Volume IX Part II - Twentieth Session, 1910-1911 - With twenty-one plates. 

Volume X Part I - Twenty-First Session, 1911-1912 - With thirteen plates. 
Volume X Part II - Twenty-First Session, 1911-1912 - With fifteen plates. 

Volume XI - Twenty-Second Session, 1912-1913 - With a frontispiece and forty-three plates. 

Volume XII Part I - Twenty-Third Session, 1913-1914 - With twenty-four plates. 
Volume XII Part II - Twenty-Third Session, 1913-1914 - With twenty-eight plates. 

Volume XIII Part I - Twenty-Fourth Session, 1914-1915 - With thirty plates. 

Volume XIV - Twenty-Fifth Session, 1915-1916 - With a frontispiece and fifteen plates. 

Volume XV - Twenty-Sixth Session, 1916-1917 - With fifteen plates. 

Volume XVI - Twenty-Sixth Session, 1917-1918 - With a frontispiece and twenty-one plates. 

Volume XVII - Twenty-Eighth and Twenty-Ninth Sessions, 1918-20 - With a frontispiece and ten plates. 

Collated, complete.