"Crossing the Seas in the Late Edo Period: The Life of John Manjiro and Japan’s First ‘Shortcut to English Conversation’"

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Kochi University Information Center (Library)

About Exhibitions of Our Collection

 From Wednesday, April 21 to Tuesday, May 18, 2010, the General Information Center (Library) will hold a public exhibition of its collection of related materials under the title “Across the Seas at the End of the Edo Period: The Life of John Manjiro and Japan’s First English Conversation Book, ‘Shortcut to English-American Conversation’.”

 "Shortcuts to Anglo-American Dialogue" is a valuable collection held at eight locations nationwide, including the Prefectural Library and our university here in the prefecture.

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Contact: Academic Information Services Group, Academic Information Section, Research Cooperation Division; Chifuko Tadokoro (Phone: 088-844-8163)