Japan and the Japanese

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Excerpt from Japan and the Japanese: From the Most Authentic and Reliable Sources Japan, or the Japan Islands, are but one hundred and fifty miles east from China. They are situated in a most desirable climate, and are blessed with a fruitful soil, which produces the same sort of grain and fruits as China. They are most remarks ble for the plenty of gold-dust' to be met with here, and their Japan cabinets, or lacquered ware and screens. They traific only with the Chinese and the Dutch. All other Christians, but the Dutch, have been excluded from a share in this trade ever since the year 1630. The Portuguese had, till then, the chief trade to Japan, and had, as they state, converted a great part of the na tion to Christianity but being charged with a conspiracy to usurp the government, upon the Pope's supremacy, they and their nume rous Christian proselytes were massacred or banished the Islands, and the Dutch were only suffered to trade thither, on their de elaring they were no Christians, or, perhaps, on the merit of supplanting and assisting in expelling the Portuguese, for it is impossible that the Japanese can be ignorant that the Dutch pro fess Christianity, as they trade to China, and we find the J apa nese use as much caution in their commerce with the Dutch, as if they were really Christians. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.