Message from rbrady

[Anonymous]

Interesting observations of one of Japans first envoys to the United States in 1860 soon after Commodore Perry's arrival in Japan. Interesting observations about the attendance of women and lack of formal protocol. Observations that there appears to be a lack of class stratification from his point of view. He seems to implicitly state that he knows there is a great interest in Japan. Americans seem genuinely interested in the exotic nature of the culture.I