Author:John Harington Gubbins

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John Harington Gubbins
(1852–1929)

British linguist and diplomat

Works[edit]

  • “‘Bemmo’; or, An Exposition of Error” (1875) OCLC:31554289all editions OCLC:1079191751all editions
  • Report on Taxation and Land Tenure in Japan (Commercial Reports by Her Majesty’s Consuls in Japan, 1884: No. 1)
  • “Report on the Japanese Regulations Controlling the Establishment of Exchanges” (1887, Diplomatic and Consular Reports, Miscellaneous Series, No. 56) (external scan)
  • “Report on the Foreign Trade of Japan” (1888, Reports of H.M. Diplomatic and Consular Representatives Abroad) OCLC:31560609all editions
  • A Dictionary of Chinese–Japanese Words in the Japanese Language (1889) (HathiTrust)
  • With Hugh Fraser: “Report on the Native Industries of Japan” (1892, Diplomatic and Consular Reports, Miscellaneous Series, No. 231) (external scan)
  • The Civil Code of Japan (1897) (HathiTrust)
  • The progress of Japan: 1853–1871 (1911) IA
  • Japan (1920: Handbooks prepared under the direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office, No. 73) (external scan)
  • The making of modern Japan (1922) IA

Articles[edit]

  • “Ascent of Fuji-Yama.” Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society, XVII(II), pp. 78–80 (1873).
  • “Notes of a Journey from Awomori to Niigata, and of a Visit to the Mines of Sado.” Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, III(II), pp. 83–100 (1875).
  • “Review of the Introduction of Christianity into China and Japan.” Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, VI(I), pp. 1–62 (1877).
  • “Hidéyoshi and the Satsuma Clan in the Sixteenth Century.” Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, VIII(I), pp. 92–143 (1879).
  • “Loochoo.” The Chrysanthemum, 1, pp. 301–302 (1881).
  • “The Feudal System in Japan under the Tokugawa Shōguns.” Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, XVI, pp. 131–142 (1887).
  • “Laws of the Tokugawa Period.” Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, XXVI, pp. 154–162 (1898).
  • “A Samurai Manual.” Transactions and Proceedings of the Japan Society, London, IX[(2)], pp. 140-156 (1910).
  • “The ‘Hundred Articles’ and the Tokugawa Government.” Transactions and Proceedings of the Japan Society, London, XVII, pp. 127–184 (1919).
  • “Some Features of Tokugawa Administration.” Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, L, pp. 59–77 (1922).

Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1929.


This author died in 1929, so works by this author are in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 94 years or less. These works may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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