B.H. Chamberlain, Lafcadio Hearn, and the Aoki-Kimberley treaty of 1894 : assessments of the end of extraterritoriality by two English interpreters of Meiji Japan

Bowers, Romy Joanna.

Basil Hall Chamberlain and Lafcadio Hearn were two of the best known western interpreters of Meiji Japan. In their correspondence as well as published writings, they commented on the conclusion of the Aoki-Kimberley treaty of 1894 and the subsequent end of the "unequal treaties" and the treaty port