INOUYE, Jukichi.

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A Concise History of the War between Japan and China. First edition of this history of the First Sino-Japanese War. Its plates depict the invasion of Pyongyang, battle of the Yalu River, and fall of Port Arthur. Library Hub lists only three copies in the UK, at the British Library, SOAS, and the University of East Anglia.The war was fought between the armies of the Qing dynasty and the Empire of Japan over influence in Korea. "As the Japanese studied the ways of the westerners, they could plainly see that successful nations were rich ones. And it was clear that rich nations got that way by subjugating non-Christian countries, enslaving their peoples and appropriating their resources... So Japan focused its Hakko Ichiu manifest destiny by targeting China" (Bradley, pp. 26-27). This volume gives "a succinct account of the progress of the war between Japan and China up to the time of its completion" (p. i). Its author, Jukichi Inouye (1862-1929), spent ten years living in Britain after graduating from Keio University. He also published an English-Japanese dictionary and a memoir of his experiences living in Tokyo.

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