Friday, March 23, 2012

Ernest Satow describes learning Japanese in the 1860's

Book : A Diplomat in Japan










“learning to read by rote...the system was one that  cultivated the memory but failed altogether to appeal to the reasoning faculties” p221











Source: Title: A Diplomat In Japan
Authors: Ernest Satow ,
 Publisher: Kg Muse Inc, New York, USA,
ISBN: 4925080288, pages:410


His years in Japan Years in Japan 1862 - 1882