"Sea Rituals" Akira Yoshimura Price: ¥730 (+tax) I've only read it once. It's amazing that there were people other than John Manjiro who could speak English in the late Edo period, and that they learned it in Japan. The question "How did they communicate when the Black Ships arrived?" was answered clearly by this book. #AkiraYoshimura #Akira_Yoshimura #book #lateEdoPeriod #English #EinosukeMoriyama #RanaldMacDonald