Keywords
chirimen-bon
Japan
orientalism
travel literature
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Abstract
This paper presents a practically unknown travel literature text, En Tokio, written in 1899 by Mexican diplomat Ramón G. Pacheco third secretary of the Mexican Embassy in Japan from 1899-1901, and special envoy and ambassador from 1907 to 1913. His work contains personal impressions of Japan in late 19th century. It has a double relevance: It reflects the perceptions of a diplomat that, years after writing this book, as ambassador, became a key element in Mexican and Japanese commercial negotiations, and it is also a bibliographical rarity, printed in Japan on crepe paper and with a traditional Japanese binding that makes it one of the first books of its kind printed by a Mexican in Japan.
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