Traveling Japan's Deep Interior

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Isabella Lucy Bird (1831-1904), the English author, photographer, and explorer, is one of the most intrepid foreigners to have traveled Japan's interior during the late eighteen-seventies, not long after Japan's forced opening to the Western powers.

Overcoming her initial fears Bird sets out on a journey that lasts the better part of a year. The ...