Book : A Diplomat in Japan
“ This was decisive of the question whether the short cut to Japanese lay through the Chinese language. I thought then, and still think that through an acquaintance with Chinese characters may be found useful by the student of Japanese, it is no more indispensable than that of Latin is to a person who wishes to acquire Italian or Spanish” p14
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
