When I Was a Boy in Japan

When I Was a Boy in Japan

Japanese boys have not been introduced very much to their little American friends, and the purpose of this book is to provide an introduction by telling some of the experiences which are common to most Japanese boys of the present time, together with some account of the customs and manners belonging to their life. I can at least claim that the story is told as it could be only by one who had actually lived the life that is portrayed. I have endeavored to hold the interest of my young readers by bringing in more or less of amusement. The little girl companion is introduced to widen the interest and add somewhat more of the story element than would otherwise be present. The sketches composing the various chapters are necessarily disconnected, but they form a series[Pg iv] of pictures, priceless at least to the author, which foreign eyes have seldom been allowed to see. Sakae Shioya. Yale University, 1905. [Pg viii] [Pg 9] WHEN I WAS A BOY IN JAPAN How I LookedMy NameWalkingIn Tea SeasonMy ToysKidnappedO-dango. I suppose I dont need to tell you exactly, my little friends, when and where I was born, because Japanese names are rather hard for you to remember, and then I dont want to disclose my age. Suffice it to say that I was once a baby like all of you and my birthplace was about a days journey from Tokyo, the capital of Japan. I wish I could have observed myself and noted down every funny thing I did when very small, as the guardian angel, who is said to be standing by every cradle, will surely do. But when my memory began to be[Pg 10] serviceable, I was well on in my infancy, and if I were to rely on that only, I should have to skip over a considerable length of time. How I should dislike to do this! So, my little friends, let me construct this chapter out of bits of things my mamma used to tell me now and then. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 55939
Author: Shioya, Sakae
Release Date: Nov 11, 2017
Format: eBook
Language: English