Hugh Cortazzi
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Sir Hugh Cortazzi GCMG retired after four years service as British ambassador to Japan in 1984, but has since been a leading scholar and promoter of better relations between Britain and Japan. He has written and edited many books on the history of Anglo-Japanese relations and Japanese history. He also writes a [regular column] in the Japan Times.
His autobiography is Japan and Back, and places elsewhere (Global Books Ltd., 1998) ISBN 1901903206. See also his entry in Who's Who.
Books - a small selection only
- Dr. Willis in Japan, 1862-1877: British medical pioneer, Hugh Cortazzi, London: Athlone Press, 1985, ISBN 0485112647
- Building Japan 1868-1876 by Richard Henry Brunton with an introduction by Hugh Cortazzi, RoutledgeCurzon, 1995, ISBN 1873410050
- Mitford's Japan : Memories and Recollections, 1866-1906, Format: Paperback, Revised edition, Published: January 2003, ISBN 1903350077
- [British Envoys in Japan 1859–1972], edited and compiled by Hugh Cortazzi, Global Oriental 2004, ISBN 1-901903-51-6 .
- The Japanese Achievement, Hugh Cortazzi, London: Sidgwick & Jackson 1990, ISBN 031204237X
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