The Thames and I: A Memoir of Two Years at Oxford

Crown Prince Naruhito; Sir Hugh Cortazzi

doi:10.1017/9781898823995

The Thames and I

A Memoir of Two Years at Oxford

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Crown Prince Naruhito
Translated by Sir Hugh Cortazzi

Publisher:: Amsterdam University Press
Online publication date:: May 2022
Print publication year:: 2019
Online ISBN:: 9781898823995
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781898823995

Subjects:: East Asian History, Area Studies, Asian Studies, History

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Prior to becoming Crown Prince of Japan in 1989, following the death of his grandfather Emperor Showa, Prince Naruhito studied at Merton College, Oxford, from June 1983 to October 1985. His research topic was the River Thames as a commercial highway in the eighteenth century. This marked the first time that anyone in direct succession to the throne had ever studied outside Japan. In 1992, he published a record of his time at Oxford under the title Thames no tomo ni.

The memoir, which includes a colour plate section incorporating photographs taken by the Prince, explores his daily life, studies and recreational experiences, including discovering beer and being banned from entering a disco because he was wearing jeans. The Thames and I is a remarkable record, not least because of its candour, but equally because it reveals the Crown Prince as an individual, including his personal charm and sense of humour. It will be of special interest to those wishing to know more about the future emperor of Japan.

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A Memoir of Two Years at Oxford

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Foreword
pp v-vi

Preface to the English edition
pp vii-viii

Contents
pp ix-xii

Foreword to the Paperback edition
pp xiii-xiv

Preface to the Japanese edition (1992)
pp xv-xvi

Translator’s Note by Hugh Cortazzi
pp xvii-xvii

The Gakushūin
pp xviii-xx

Chapter 1 - Ten Days in the Japanese Ambassador’s Residence:
pp 1-6

Chapter 2 - Life in Colonel Hall’s House:
pp 7-23

Chapter 3 - Entering Oxford:
pp 24-31

Chapter 4 - About Oxford:
pp 32-45

Chapter 5 - Daily Life at Oxford:
pp 46-72

Chapter 6 - Cultural Life at Oxford:
pp 73-84

Chapter 7 - Sport:
pp 85-97

Chapter 8 - Life as a Research Student at Oxford:
pp 98-128

Chapter 9 - Travels in Britain and Abroad:
pp 129-136

Chapter 10 - Looking Back on My Two Years’ Stay:
pp 137-143

Postscript
pp 144-145

Bibliography
pp 146-146

Index
pp 147-150

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