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MY TRAVELS IN CHINA, JAPAN
AND JAVA, 1903

This unique perspective on China, Japan, and Java is written by His Highness the Indian Raja-I-Rajgan Jagatjit Singh of Kapurthala as a record of his brief visit to the Far East for the intimate presentation to his friends. This is less an academic analysis, and more a documentation of personal impressions and experiences in his destinations. The Raja-I-Rajgan Jagatjit Singh writes at the turn-of-the-century when public interest had turned towards the course of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05, where battles were fought over dominance in Korea and Manchuria. This circumstance, as well as the authors royal position, allow for a particularly fascinating take on travel in this part of the world.

THE KEGAN PAUL
TRAVELLERS SERIES

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PETER HOPKINS

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My Travels in China, Japan and Java 1903 H.H. the Raja-I-Rajgan Jagatjit Singh of Kapurthala

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Unbeaten Tracks in Japan Isabella Lucy Bird

Old Touraine Theodore Andrea Cook

The Discovery of Tahiti George Robertson

The French Riviera Pierre Devoluy and Pierre Borel

The Golden Chersonese Isabella Lucy Bird

The Heart of the Orient Michael Myers Shoemaker

The Riviera Hugh Macmillan

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To Lhasa in Disguise William Montgomery McGovern

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South Sea Idyls Charles Warren Stoddard

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Brazil and the Brazilians Rev. James C. Fletcher

MY TRAVELS IN CHINA,
JAPAN AND JAVA, 1903

BY
H.H. THE RAJA-I-RAJGAN JAGATJIT SINGH
OF KAPURTHALA

First published 2005 by
Kegan Paul Limited

Published 2014 by Routledge
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711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017

Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business

Kegan Paul, 2005

All Rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or
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ISBN: 978-0-710-31147-4 (hbk)

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PREFACE

T HIS book is written chiefly as a record of my brief visit to the Far East and for the purpose of presentation to my friends. It makes no pretension to literary excellence, being designed more as a record of facts and personal impressions of people and places seen, than to emphasise any claim, on my part, to consideration from the public as an author.

It may, I hope, be found interesting to those who are now following the course of the war between Russia and Japan, as it describes, to a certain extent, some things about the latter country, and it gives a brief account of some interesting parts of Manchuria and other places, on which, owing to the war, public interest is now centred. Impending hostilities rendered my visit to Japan peculiarly opportune, and the study of the people of that country an unusually interesting one.

From the standpoint of the traveller, Japan is perhaps one of the most interesting countries in the world; the country itself is full of delightful and varied scenery, while its people possess a charm of appearance and manner unlike anything of the kind to be met with elsewhere.

Parts of China and Java were also visited by me; but of the people of those countries I have little to say in praise. The Chinese appear to be indifferent to the course of present events ; they seem to possess no national ideals, and I was much struck by the obvious individual selfishness of the people, among whom patriotism and public spirit had no existence. The Javanese are absolutely apathetic; a display of energy on their part seems an impossibility. Both countries are, however, interesting and well worth a visit.

My only regret, in connection with this record, is that the time at my disposal having been very limited, I was perforce able to give a short and usually insufficient time to the observation of the habits and thoughts of the different people I came in contact with ; a whole year could easily have been spent on this quest.

It now only remains for me to acknowledge the invariable kindness and hospitality with which I was met on all hands during my travels, and to thank all those who assisted me in my search for information and particulars of the different places I visited.

KAPURTHALA,

December 1, 1904.

CONTENTS

ColomboSingaporeSaigonHong-Kong

ShanghaiMixed TribunalsChinese CityChifooTien-TsinPekinSir Ernest SatowTien-TsinThe Great Wall of ChinaShanhaikwanNewchwangThe Trans-Siberian RailwayDalnyPort ArthurEn route to Japan

NagaskiShimonosekiYokohamaKiotoSir Claude MacDonaldGarden Party at British Legation, TokioYokohamaKoma-kuraImperial Garden PartyTokioBall at British LegationJapanese Society WeddingImperial Duck-HuntUtsonomiyaJapanese TroopsImperial University, TokioPrisonMuseumChuzenjiTemples, NikkoVisit to the Emperor, TokioThe Emperor of JapanImperial PalaceMy BirthdayJapanese PoloPheasant ShootingBarracksJapanese TroopsDeparture from TokioExcursion to Lake HakoneNagoyaAncient Capital of KiotoKatsura Gava RapidsKiotoNaraGreat Geisha DanceLake BiwaOsakaGreat Arsenal, OsakaDeparture from KobeS.s.

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