John La Farge

Reproduction of the original: An Artist's Letters From Japan by John La Farge

Reproduction of the original: An Artist's Letters From Japan by John La Farge

An Artist's Letters from Japan is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1897. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

An artist's letters from Japan is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1897. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

First Published in 2001. Written by the doyen of American impressionist painters, La Farge, during his travels in Japan with Henry Adams in the latter part of the nineteenth century, writes with amazing sensitivity and observation about the whole of Japanese society at that time.