Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / Ian Nish -- 1. The Japanese Embassy in London and its Buildings / Shōzō Kadota -- 2. Japanese Envoys in Britain, 1862-72 / Sir Hugh Cortazzi -- 3. TERASHIMA MUNENORI (1832-93). Master of Early Meiji Diplomacy London, 1872-73 / Andrew Cobbing -- 4. UENO KAGENORI (1845-1888). A Most Influental Diplomat London, 1874-9 / Andrew Cobbing -- 5. MORI ARINORI (1847-89). From Diplomat to Statesman London, 1880-84 / Andrew Cobbing -- 6. KAWASE MASATAKA (1840-1919). The Longest-serving Envoy London, 1884-93 / Ayako Hotta-Lister -- 7. AOKI SHŪZŌ (1844-1914). Brief Encounter / Ian Nish -- 8. KATŌ TAKAAKI (1860-1926). A Remarkable Diplomat and Statesman London, Minister 1895-1900; Ambassador 1908-12 / Ian Nish -- 9. HAYASHI TADASU, (1850-1913). Working for the Alliance London, 1900-06 / Ian Nish -- 10. INTERLUDE: Life in the Legation/Embassy, 1884-1913 / Ayako Hotta-Lister -- 11. KOMURA JUTARŌ (1855-1911). Great Statesman; Struggling Diplomat London, 1906-08 / Ian Nish -- 12. INOUYE KATSUNOSUKE (1861-1929). A Highly-respected Envoy London, 1913-16 / Ian Nish -- 13. CHINDA SUTEMI (1857-1929). Ambassador in Peace and War London, 1916-20 / Ian Nish -- 14. HAYASHI GONSUKE (1860-1939). Leading the Way to the Washington Conference London , 1920-25 / Harumi Gotō-Shibata -- 15. MATSUI KEISHIRŌ (1868-1946). An Efficient Public Servant London, 1925-28 / Tadashi Kuramatsu -- 16. MATSUDAIRA TSUNEO (1877-1949). Diplomat and Courtier London, 1929-35 / Ian Nish -- 17. YOSHIDA SHIGERU (1878-1967). Difficult Years for Anglojapanese Relations London, 1936-38 / Ian Nish -- 18. SHIGEMITSU MAMORU (1887-1957). Critical Times in a Long, Ambivalent Career London, 1938-41 / Antony Best -- 19. INTERLUDE: Snapshots of the London Embassy in the 1930s / Yuki Yoshida -- 20. INTERLUDE: A Diplomat's Daughter in the 1930s / Ayako Ishizaka -- 21. ASAKAI KŌICHIRŌ (1906-1995). High-ranking Envoy Reconnects with Britain London, 1951-54 / Tomoki Kuniyoshi -- 22. MATSUMOTO SHUNICHI (1897-1988). First Post-war Ambassador London, 1952-55 / Ian Nish -- 23. NISHI HARUHIKO (1893-1986). Conscientious and Patriotic Bureaucrat London, 1955-57 / Ian Nish -- 24. OHNO KATSUMI (1905-2006 ). A Mission to Renew Anglo-Japanese Relations London, 1958-64 / Eiji Seki -- Appendex I: List of Ministers/Ambassadors with Dates / Ian Nish -- Appendix II: A Concise History of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Ian Nish -- Index / Ian Nish.

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Commissioned by the Japan Society as the companion volume to British Envoys in Japan, 1959-1972 (2004), this collection of essays on a century of official Japanese representation in the United Kingdom completes the history of bilateral diplomatic relations up to the mid-1960s, concluding with Ambassador Ohno Katsumi’s highly successful six-year assignment in 1964. In all, twelve authors, half of whom are Japanese , contribute to the work. In addition to the nineteen biographies, there are essays on the history of the Japanese Embassy buildings in London, an overview of Japanese envoys in Britain between 1862 and 1872 by Sir Hugh Cortazzi, as well as aspects of embassy life which illuminate some of the factors impacting on the life-style of residents in London in former times, including an entertaining personal memoir by Ayako Ishizaka of ‘A Diplomat’s Daughter in the 1930s’. By way of appendix, the volume concludes with a short history of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Gaimusho) up to the present day.