British Envoys in Japan, 1859-1972

Hugh Cortazziwas British Ambassador to Japan 1980-84 and Chairman of the Japan Society 1984-94. He has written extensively on Japan. His many books includeIsle of Gold: Antique Maps of Japan,The Japanese Achievementand his memoirJapan and Back and Places Elsewhere. He has edited three volumes ofBritain and Japan: Biographical Portraitsfor the Japan Society, together withBritish Envoys in Japan, 1859-1972. Most recently, he published his translation of Crown Prince Naruhito’s account of his years in Oxford (The Thames and I, 2006). He remains highly active in the field of Anglo-Japanese relations and continues with his monthly column for theJapan Times, as well as being a regular reviewer.

Comprehensive coverage of the diplomatic history in Japan of H.M. Representatives and the events that marked their period of office.

Preface; PART I: The Early Pioneers, 1859–1900; Introduction; 1 SIR RUTHERFORD ALCOCK. Minister to Japan, 1859–62; 2 LT COLONEL ST JOHN NEALE. Chargé d’Affaires at Edo/Yokohama, 1862–64; 3 ALCOCK RETURNS TO JAPAN, 1864; 4 SIR HARRY PARKES. Minister to Japan, 1865–83; 5 SIR FRANCIS PLUNKETT. Minister to Japan, 1884–87; 6 HUGH FRASER. Minister to Japan, 1889–94; 7 POWER HENRY LE POER TRENCH. Minister to Japan, 1894–95; 8 SIR ERNEST SATOW. Minister to Japan, 1895–1900; PART II: From the Alliance to Estrangement, 1900–1941; Introduction; 9 SIR CLAUDE MACDONALD. Minister and First Ambassador to Japan, 1900–12; 10 SIR WILLIAM CONYNGHAM GREEN. Ambassador to Japan, 1912–19; 11 SIR CHARLES ELIOT. Ambassador to Japan, 1919–25; 12 SIR JOHN TILLEY. Ambassador to Japan, 1926–31; 13 SIR FRANCIS LINDLEY. Ambassador to Japan, 1931–34; 14 SIR ROBERT CLIVE. Ambassador to Japan, 1934–37; 15 SIR ROBERT CRAIGIE. Ambassador to Japan, 1937–41; PART III: The Post-war Years, 1945–1972; Introduction; 16 SIR ALVARY GASCOIGNE IN JAPAN, 1946–51; 17 SIR ESLER DENING. Ambassador to Japan, 1951–57; 18 SIR DANIEL LASCELLES. Ambassador to Japan, 1957–59; 19 SIR OSCAR MORLAND. Ambassador to Japan, 1959–63; 20 SIR FRANCIS RUNDALL. Ambassador to Japan, 1963–67; 21 SIR JOHN PILCHER. Ambassador to Japan, 1967–72; PART lV: Scholar Diplomats and Consuls; Introduction; 22 SIR ERNEST MASON SATOW IN JAPAN, 1873–84; 23 WILLIAM GEORGE ASTON AND JAPAN, 1870–88; 24 JOHN HARRINGTON GUBBINS. An ‘Old Japan Hand’, 1871–1908; 25 SIR GEORGE SANSOM. Pre-eminent Diplomat and Historian; 26 BRITAIN’S JAPAN CONSULAR SERVICE, 1859–1941; APPENDIXES: I THE BRITISH BOMBARDMENT OF KAGOSHIMA, 1863, Admiral Sir L. Kuper and Lt Colonel Neale; II THE NAVAL AND MILITARY ACTION AT SHIMONOSEKI; III SIR ESLER DENING’S VALEDICTORY DESPATCH 24 April 1957; IV RECORD OF A CONVERSATION ON 6 FEBRUARY 1960 BETWEEN RICHARD STORRY, GEOFFREY HUDSON AND SIR ESLER DENING (HEAD OF UKLIM AND BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO JAPAN, 1952–57); V INDEX AND BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS OF DIPLOMATIC NAMES ASSOCIATED WITH JAPAN; Part 1: Biographical details of selected members of the Diplomatic Service and Japan Consular Service who served in Japan 1859–1945; Part 2: Ex-Japan Consular Service officers who attained at Least Counsellor rank in the post-war Foreign (from 1966 Diplomatic) Service; Part 3: List of Japanese Language Officers who served at Tokyo between 1946 and 1972 and attained senior rank; Part 4: Officers who served at Tokyo in the rank of Minister or Counsellor between 1945 and 1972 who were neither former members of the Japan Consular Service nor Japanese Language Officers; Note; Index