The Mikado's Empire: A History of Japan from the Age of Gods to the Meiji Era (660 BC - AD 1872) (Stone Bridge Classics)

I was at BookPeople and decided I wanted to learn more about Japanese history. This seemed like a pretty good book, I didn't bother to read any of the pages or summary. It turns out the book was written in 1875 and the writing shows it. Since I know nothing of the history of Japan I can not judge it's accuracy, but I am sure it will show what Japan looked like to the west in the 1800's once I find a better book to read. There have been changes in the field of histroy-graphy that are very obvious when reading, but the author obviously loves Japan culture and this makes it very fun to read.