Gustav Eckstein

You might think from the title and date that this would simply be heavy-handed propaganda, but it is not. It is in some ways a very sympathetic study of Japanese culture by a visitr who clearly saw Japanese dignity and patriotism as worthy of respect, even if they were dangerous to the world. A striking piece is a discussion of Saigo and the Satsuma rebellion with a man of Satsuma 70 years later who still regarded the imperial forces as "invaders" --and this was not an old peasant, but a sugeon educated at the University of Washington!.… (mer)