The History of Anglo-Japanese Relations, 1600-2000

W.G. BEASLEY Professor Emeritus of Far Eastern History, University of London KATO EIICHI Niigata Sangyo University GOTO-SHIBATA HARUMI Chiba University JAMES HOARE Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London YOICHI KIBATA Professor, University of Tokyo DEREK MASSARELLA Chuo University IAN NISH Professor Emeritus of International History, University of London MURASHIMA SHIGERU formerly Niigata University DAVID STEEDS formerly Senior Lecturer in Far Eastern Studies, University of Wales, Aberystwyth INOUYE YUICHI Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs KATO YUZO President, Yokohama City University

The Political-Diplomatic Dimension, 1600-1930, consists of parallel essays by Japanese and British academic specialists covering comprehensively the history of relations between Japan and Britain from the first contacts in the seventeenth century to the present.The Political-Diplomatic Dimension, 1600-1930, consists of parallel essays by Japanese and British academic specialists covering comprehensively the history of relations between Japan and Britain from the first contacts in the seventeenth century to the present. This study, and its companion, Volume 2, demonstrates that, in the political-diplomatic sphere, while there have been periods of serious disagreement, there has been on the whole a relationship of harmony and mutual understanding.