Download or read book Britain and Japan: Biographical Portraits, Vol. VIII written by and published by Global Oriental. This book was released on 2013-01-31 with total page 804 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the eighth and largest volume in the series Britain & Japan: Biographical Portraits published on behalf of The Japan Society, London. It contains essays from forty contributors relating to fifty-two portraits of personalities who have been influential in political, official and cultural relations between the two countries from the time of the Meiji Restoration to the present day.