This volume includes six themes: the Japan Society and imperial personalities; politicians and diplomats; naval officers; businessmen; poets, scholars and journalists; and long-term residents in Japan.

Acknowledgements; Introduction by Hugh Cortazzi; Alphabetical List of Contributors; Index of Biographical Portraits in Japan Society Publications; PART I: JAPAN SOCIETY AND IMPERIAL PERSONALITIES; 1 William Anderson, 1842-1900: Surgeon, Teacher and Art Collector; 2 Marcus Huish (1843-1921) and Japan; 3 Prince and Princess Chichibu; 4 Crown Prince Akihito in Britain; PART II: POLITICIANS AND DIPLOMATS; 5 Terashima Munenori, 1832-93: Master of Early Meiji Diplomacy; 6 Suematsu KenchoÅ , 1855-1920: Statesman, Bureaucrat, Diplomat, Journalist, Poet and Scholar; 7 Kikuchi Dairoku, 1855-1917: Educational Administrator and Pioneer of Modern Mathematical Education in Japan; 8 Ozaki Yukio (1859-1954) and Britain; 9 Lord Curzon (1859-1925) and Japan; 10 Lord Hankey (1877-1963), R.A.Butler (1902-82) and the `Appeasement' of Japan, 1939-41; 11 Komura JuÅ taroÅ (1855-1911) and Britain; 12 Inouye Katsunosusuke, 1861-1929; 13 Chinda Sutemi, 1857-1929: Ambassador in Peace and War; 14 Hayashi Gonsuke (1860-1939) and the Path to the Washington Conference; 15 Matsui KeishiroÅ , 1868-1946: An Efficient Public Servant; PART III: NAVAL OFFICERS; 16 The Loss of HMS Rattler o€ Cape Soya (Hokkaido) in September 1868 and Commander (later Admiral Sir) Henry Stephenson; 17 Admiral Sir John Fisher (1841-1920) and Japan, 1894-1904; 18 Captain (later Admiral Sir) W.C. Pakenham RN (1861-1933) and the Russo-Japanese War; 19 Captain Oswald Tuck RN (1876-1950) and the Bedford Japanese School; 20 Takaki Kanehiro, 1849-1920: British-trained Japanese Medical Pioneer who became Surgeon General to the Imperial Japanese Navy; PART IV: BUSINESSMEN; 21 Mitsui in London; 22 The Yokohama Specie Bank in London; 23 The Nippon YuÅ sen Kaisha (NYK): Two important British managers Albert Brown and Thomas James; 24 HSBC: A Fellowship in Banking. Pioneers in Japan, 1866-1900; PART V: POETS, SCHOLARS AND JOURNALISTS; 25 Robert Nichols, 1893-1944: Poet in Japan, 1921-24; 26 Ralph Hodgson, 1871-1962: Poet and Artist; 27 G.S. Fraser, 1915-80: Poet and Teacher in Japan, 1950-51; 28 Enright's Japan; 29 Nishiwaki Junzaburo, 1894-1982: A Self-made Englishman; 30 Richard Storry, 1913-82: A Life-long Affair with Japan; 31 Eric Bertrand Ceadel, 1921-79: Japanese Studies at Cambridge; 32 Louis Allen (1922-91) and Japan; 33 John Corner, 1906-96: Controversial Biologist and Friend of the Showa Emperor; 34 Basil William Robinson, 1912- : The Japanese Sword and the Victoria and Albert Museum; 35 Three Great Japanese Translators of Shakespeare; 36 John Russell Kennedy, 1861-1928: Spokesman for Japan and Media Entrepreneur; 37 Hessell Tiltman (1897-1976) and Japan, 1928-76: On the Road in Asia; 38 Frank Hawley, 1906-61: Scholar, Bibliophile and Journalist; 39 Hasegawa Nyozekan, 1875-1969: Journalist and Philosopher; PART VI: LONG-TERM RESIDENTS IN JAPAN, JUDO PIONEERS AND A PHILANTHROPIST; 40 Dr Thomas Baty, 1869-1954: Legal adviser to the Japanese Foreign Ministry, 1916-41; 41 Samuel Heaslett, 1875-1947: Missionary and Bishop; 42 Pioneers in Bringing Jujutsu (JuÅ doÅ ) to Britain: Edward William Barton Wright, Tani Yukio, Ernest John Harrison; 43 Yoshimoto Tadasu, 1878-1973: `Father of the Blind in Japan'; APPENDICES: I (a) The British Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery at Yokohama; (b) Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery; (c) British Graves in other Parts of Japan; II Loss of HMS Rattler Extracts from Ernest Satow's Diary of 1868; Notes; Index