{"product_id":"musashino-in-tuscany-japanese-overseas-travel-literature-1860-1912-9780472038305","title":"Musashino in Tuscany: Japanese Overseas Travel Literature, 1860-1912","description":"By the late Meiji period Japanese were venturing abroad in great numbers, and some of those who traveled kept diaries and wrote formal travelogues. These travelogues reflected a changing view of the West and changing artistic sensibilities in the long-standing Japanese literary tradition of travel writing (\u003ci\u003ekikoōbungaku\u003c\/i\u003e). This book shows that overseas Meiji-period travel writers struck out to create a dynamic new type of travel literature, one that had a solid foundation in traditional Japanese \u003ci\u003ekikōbungaku\u003c\/i\u003e yet also displayed influence from the West.\u003ci\u003eMusashino in Tuscany\u003c\/i\u003e specifically examines the poetic imagery and allusion in these travelogues and reveals that when Japanese traveled to the West in the mid-nineteenth century, the images they wrote about tended to be associated not with places initially discovered by the Japanese traveler but with places that already existed in Western fame and lore. And unlike imagery from Japanese traveling in Japan, which was predominantly nature based, Japanese overseas travel imagery was often associated with the manmade world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susanna Fessler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e U of M Center for Japanese Studies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/19\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Michigan Monograph Japanese Studies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 310\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472038305","brand":"U of M Center for Japanese Studies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44383872155785,"sku":"9780472038305","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_89770d99-2034-4de5-b6b3-1c187be24e67.jpg?v=1752014204","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/musashino-in-tuscany-japanese-overseas-travel-literature-1860-1912-9780472038305","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}