. Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China seas and Japan. JAPANESE JAPANESE HORSE. INTELLECTUALITY OF THE JAPANESE. 531 ly in great demand, as the people are universally taught to read, and areeager for information. Education is diffused throughout the Empire, andthe women of Japan, unlike those of China, share in the intellectual ad-vancement of the men, and are not only skilled in the accomplishmentspeculiar to their sex, but are frequently well versed in their native litera-ture. The higher classes of the Japanese with whom the Americans werebrought into com
. Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China seas and Japan. JAPANESE JAPANESE HORSE. INTELLECTUALITY OF THE JAPANESE. 531 ly in great demand, as the people are universally taught to read, and areeager for information. Education is diffused throughout the Empire, andthe women of Japan, unlike those of China, share in the intellectual ad-vancement of the men, and are not only skilled in the accomplishmentspeculiar to their sex, but are frequently well versed in their native litera-ture. The higher classes of the Japanese with whom the Americans werebrought into communication, were not only thoroughly acquainted with theirown country, but knew something of the geography, the material progress,and contemporary history of the rest of the world. Questions were fre-quently asked by the Japanese which proved an information, that, consider-ing their isolated situation, was quite remarkable, until explained by them-selves in the statement that periodicals of literature, science, arts, and poli-tics, were annually received from Europe through the Dutch at Nagasak
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