Auction 87 HEBREW & JUDAIC PRINTED BOOKS
Jan 16, 2020
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LOT 184:

(JAPAN).
N. McLeod. Illustrations to the Epitome of the Ancient History of Japan.
Third Edition. ...

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(JAPAN).
N. McLeod. Illustrations to the Epitome of the Ancient History of Japan.



Third Edition. Title-page, four introductory leaves, followed by 80 engraved plates.
Original gilt-stamped limp boards, extremities scuffed. Oblong 8vo and 12mo.
Tokyo: 1879
A most curious volume identifying the Shindai class of Japan as descendants of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. The author, a Scottish explorer, traveled extensively in Japan, then under the rule of the Shogun, and came to the conclusion that the noble Samurai are descendants of two of the Ten Lost Tribes, Ephraim and Menasseh. Although the origins of the Japanese race are shrouded in mystery, the putative claim that the Japanese nobility are exiles from the Northern Kingdom of Israel might be considered tentative at best. See EJ, XII cols. 249-52.
A most curious volume identifying the Shindai class of Japan as descendants of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. The author, a Scottish explorer, traveled extensively in Japan, then under the rule of the Shogun, and came to the conclusion that the noble Samurai are descendants of two of the Ten Lost Tribes, Ephraim and Menasseh. Although the origins of the Japanese race are shrouded in mystery, the putative claim that the Japanese nobility are exiles from the Northern Kingdom of Israel might be considered tentative at best. See EJ, XII cols. 249-52.

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