The Japan lights : on the trail of the Scot who illuminated Japan's coast
Maloney, Iain2023
Books, Manuscripts
In 2017, holed up in a hotel room, feverish, despondent and aimless, Iain Maloney chances upon an article about Richard Henry Brunton, a Victorian civil engineer unknown in his Scottish homeland but considered 'The Father of Japanese Lighthouses' in Japan. With more than twenty of his lighthouses still in use today, Maloney sets out with newfound purpose to visit them all. Part travel memoir, part history, 'The Japan Lights' visits isolated regions of rural Japan, discovering compelling stories from its past.
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Author:
Maloney, Iain, authorHands, Rob, illustrator
Imprint:
Perth : Tippermuir Books, 2023.
Collation:
232 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm.
Contents:
Introduction - - Shiriyazaki Lighthouse - - Brunton before Japan - - An aside on the character of the man - - Wadamisaki and Esaki Lighthouses - - The Meiji Restoration - - Anorisaki and Sugashima Lighthouses - - Yokohama before Brunton - - Kashinozaki and Shionomisaki Lighthouses - - Yokohama after Brunton - - Tomogashima Lighthouse - - Brunton's first survey trip - - The support team - - Omaezaki Lighthouse - - The science bit - - Inubōsaki Lighthouse - - 1869 - - Nabeshima Lighthouse - - Brunton's other trips - - Nosappumisaki Lighthouse - - On leave - - Irōzaki Lighthouse - - The final years - - Tsunoshima Lighthouse - - Mutsurejima, Shirasu and Hesaki Lighthouses - - Eboshijima Lighthouse - - Iojima Lighthouse - - Satamisaki Lighthouse - - Tsurugisaki Lighthouse - - Mikomotoshima Lighthouse - - Back in Britain - - Kinkasan Lighthouse - - Onagawa - - Epilogue.
ISBN:
9781913836320 (pbk)
Dewey class:
624.092
LC class:
TA140.B7
Local class:
F5 MALLo 624.092624.092
Language:
English
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BRN:
3606174
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