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Isabella Bird and Her Travels in Nineteenth-Century Japan

  • Isabella Bird and Her Travels in Nineteenth-Century Japan
  • Three different versions of Bird’s Unbeaten Tracks in Japan. From left: The original two-volume edition published in 1880, the abridged edition of 1885, and the new edition published in 1900 with the addition of 14 photographs. At right, Unbeaten Tracks in Japan; Revisiting Isabella Bird, by Kanasaka Kiyonori. (Photos courtesy of the author)

    Three different versions of Bird’s Unbeaten Tracks in Japan. From left: The original two-volume edition published in 1880, the abridged edition of 1885, and the new edition published in 1900 with the addition of 14 photographs. At right, Unbeaten Tracks in Japan; Revisiting Isabella Bird, by Kanasaka Kiyonori. (Photos courtesy of the author)

  • Isabella Bird and Her Travels in Nineteenth-Century Japan
  • Brunton’s Map of Japan, carried by Bird on her travels. (Courtesy of author)

    Brunton’s Map of Japan, carried by Bird on her travels. (Courtesy of author)

  • Picture of the “Ainu of Yezo” that appeared in Unbeaten Tracks in Japan. (Courtesy of the author)

    Picture of the “Ainu of Yezo” that appeared in Unbeaten Tracks in Japan. (Courtesy of the author)

  • Isabellae Bird and Japan: A Reassessment (trans. Nicholas Pertwee) was published in 2017.

    Isabellae Bird and Japan: A Reassessment (trans. Nicholas Pertwee) was published in 2017.

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