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 and in 2006 his translation of the Japanese Crown Prince's account of his time at Oxford was published as "The Thames and I".
His autobiography is Japan and Back, and places elsewhere (Global Books Ltd., 1998) ISBN 1-901903-20-6. See also his entry in Who's Who.
[edit] Books - a small selection only
- Dr. Willis in Japan, 1862-1877: British medical pioneer, Hugh Cortazzi, London: Athlone Press, 1985, ISBN 0-485-11264-7
- Building Japan 1868-1876 by Richard Henry Brunton with an introduction by Hugh Cortazzi, RoutledgeCurzon, 1995, ISBN 1-873410-05-0
- Mitford's Japan : Memories and Recollections, 1866-1906, Format: Paperback, Revised edition, Published: January 2003, ISBN 1-903350-07-7
- 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 0-312-04237-X
