Working paper
"A Monologue about Foreign Ships" by Sugita Genpaku
Basic research program. WP BRP. National Research University Higher School of Economics, 2016. No. 135/HUM/2016.
This study will introduce and examine the work of Sugita Genpaku - "A monologue about foreign ships ("Yaso:dokuwa") - valuable historical document that introduces the reaction of the Japanese government to the expedition of Khvosotv and Davidov to Sakhalin in 1806-1807. It was written in the begiining of the 19th century, the period which is believed to be a turning point in the early Russo-Japanese relationship, when Russia began to be percieved as a major dangerous ebemy.
Publication based on the results of:
Small Social Groups of Asian and African Countries in Ethnic, Political, Religious, and Cultural Dimensions(2016)