Japanese episodes / E.H. House ; with an introduction by James L. Huffman.

• Author: House, Edward Howard, 1836-1901.
• Place / Publishing House: Folkestone : : Global Oriental,, 2010.
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Brill eBook titles 2010
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (262 p.)
• Notes: Originally published in 1881 by J.R. Osgood and Company, Boston.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Little Fountain Of Sakanoshita /; To Fuziyama And Back /; A Japanese Statesman At Home /; A Day In A Japanese Theatre /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
• ISBN: 1283265710; 9786613265715; 900421285X
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: E.H. House ; with an introduction by James L. Huffman.

First published in Boston in 1881 and rarely available today, Japanese Episodes reveals House as a writer, commentator and observer of things Japanese at his best and was to inspire Lafcadio Hearn in the same pursuit twenty years later. Formerly a reporter for the New York Tribune , House was a respected journalist in the United States, and though later he became a paid apologist for the Japanese state in many of his writings, sought to find a balance between his integrity as a writer and the task of arguing Japan’s case to the outside world: an objective many have since argued which was unattainable. Nevertheless, Japanese Episodes provides an important benchmark in Western writing on Japan in the early Meiji period.