 Street," so named after the English sailor, Will Adams, who came here in the time of Shakespeare, married a Japanese wife, and grew to be a favorite of the emperor, and a great two-sworded Japanese nobleman. His letters from Japan, published by the Hakluyt...  Japan In Our Day - Page 284by Bayard Taylor - 1893Full view - About this book
 | 1891 - 806 pages
...the too ingenious inventor of the Japanese alphabet. We might have stood on the famous Nihom-bashi, the central spot of the city, from which all distances...nobleman. His letters from Japan, published by the Hakluyt Society, furnish the most delightful reading, being written in that large and quaint style... | |
 | Edward Livermore Burlingame, Robert Bridges, Alfred Sheppard Dashiell, Harlan Logan - American periodicals - 1891 - 898 pages
...the too ingenious inventor of the Japanese alphabet. We might have stood on the famous A7ihom-bashi, the central spot of the city, from which all distances...throughout the empire, and might have traversed, close by, Anjiu Chô, or " Pilot Street," so named after the English sailor, ЛУШ Adams, who came here in the... | |
 | Sir Edwin Arnold - Japan - 1891 - 156 pages
...the too ingenious inventor of the Japanese alphabet. We might have stood on the famous Nihom-bad,i, the central spot of the city, from which all distances...nobleman. His letters from Japan, published by the Hakluyt Society, furnish the most delightful reading, being written in that large and quaint siyle... | |
 | Edward Livermore Burlingame, Robert Bridges, Alfred Sheppard Dashiell, Harlan Logan - American periodicals - 1891 - 928 pages
...the too ingenious inventor of the Japanese alphabet. We might have stood on the famous Nihom-bashi, the central spot of the city, from which all distances...so named after the English sailor, Will Adams, who canie here in the time of Shakespeare, married a Japanese wife, and grew to be a favorite of the emperor,... | |
 | Japan - 1892 - 568 pages
...the too ingenious inventor of the Japanese alphabet. We might have stood on the famous Nihom-ltashi, the central spot of the city, from which all distances...nobleman. His letters from Japan, published by the Haklnyt Society, furnish the most delightful reading, being written in that large and quaint style... | |
 | Japan - 1892 - 362 pages
...inventor of the Japanese alphabet. We might have stood on the famous Nihom-bashi, the central Bpot of the city, from which all distances are measured...empire, and might have traversed, close by, Anjin Ch6, or ' Pilot Street,' so named after the English sailor, Will Adams, who came here in the time of... | |
 | Japan - 1893 - 366 pages
...the too ingenious inventor of the Japanese alphabet. We might have stood on the famous Nihom,-bashi, the central spot of the city, from which all distances...Japanese wife, and grew to be a favorite of the emperor, atid a great two-sworded Japanese nobleman. His letters from Japan, published by the Hakluyt Society,... | |
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