THE

LAND OF THE MORNING

THE

LAND OF THE MORNING

AN ACCOUNT OF JAPAN AND ITS PEOPLE,
BASED ON A FOUR YEARS' RESIDENCE

IN THAT COUNTRY

Including Travels into the Remotest Parts of the Interior

BY

WILLIAM GRAY DIXON, M.A.,

FORMERLY ONE OF THE professorS IN THE IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING,

JAMES GEMMELL, II AND 15 GEORGE IV. BRIDGE

1882

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