濠洲探撿報告書 — Gōshū tanken hōkokusho — Report of the expedition to Australia

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289 pages, [11] leaves of plates (3 folded) : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm. The 15 illustrations depict the Hambledon Sugar Mill, Japanese pearl divers, Thursday Island, Indigenous Australians, a goldmine. Includes 3 folding maps, of Australia, Queensland and the Northern Territory. This particular copy belonged to the publisher, the Gaimusho Tsushokyoku [Ministry of Foreign Affairs]. An important record of an early Japanese delegation to Australia, not originally for public sale.

289 pages, 11 unnumbered leaves of plates (3 folded): illustrations, maps; 26 cm Record of the Japanese delegation to Australia in 1893, by Watanabe Kanjuro. Watanabe (1864-1926), a member of the Japanese House of Representatives, had been commissioned by the Japanese Governmentto undertake an exhaustive study of Australia that would prove useful in future bilateral talks regarding emigration to Australia (Imperial Japan at its Zenith: the Wartime Celebration of the empire's 1,600th Anniversary, James Kenneth, 2010). Landing on July 16th, 1893, and departing on December 16th the same year, he visited Darwin, the Northern Territory, Thursday Island, The Torres Strait Islands, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, and so on. In this text, Watanabe records data on various townships' populations (Split into 'white'. Japanese, Chinese and so on), local jobs (especially pearl diving), the types and costs of local produce, and data on Japanese local population, like the number and ages of local Japanese prostitutes. The 15 illustrations depict the Hambledon Sugar Mill, Japanese pearl divers, Thursday Island, Indigenous Australians, a goldmine. Includes 3 folding maps, of Australia, Queensland and the Northern Territory. This particular copy belonged to the publisher, the Gaimusho Tsushokyoku [Ministry of Foreign Affairs]. An important record of an early Japanese delegation to Australia, not originally for public sale.

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