List of issues > Series «History». 2026. Vol 55
Tamai Kisaku and the First Japanese Magazine in Germany
(1898–1906)
Author(s)
S. I. Kuznetsov
1 Irkutsk State University, Irkutsk, Russian Federation
2 Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Abstract
This article examines the journalistic and publishing activities of Tamai Kisaku (1866–
1906), a Japanese journalist, lawyer, and traveler, in Germany. He is renowned not only for publishing the first German-language Japanese magazine in Germany (1898–1911) “Ost Asien”, but also for
the publication of his diary, “Karawanen-Reise in Sibirien”, which he kept during his journey
through Siberia with a tea caravan in 1893.
About the Authors
Kuznetsov Sergey Ilyich,
Doctor of Sciences (History), Professor,
Head, Department of World History and
International Relations
Irkutsk State University
1, K. Marx st., Irkutsk, 664003,
Russian Federation
e-mail: s.kuznetsov@mail.ru
Professor
Hokkaido University
Sapporo, Japan
e-mail: sergey.kuznetsov@hokudai.oia.ac.jp
For citation
Kuznetsov S.I. Tamai Kisaku and the First Japanese Magazine in Germany (1898–1906) . The Bulletin of Irkutsk
State University. Series History, 2026, vol. 55, pp. 101-108. https://doi.org/10.26516/2222-9124.2026.55.101 (in Russian)
Keywords
Tamai Kisaku, Japanese in Germany, Ost Asien, Siberian diary.
UDC
070(520)(092)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.26516/2222-9124.2026.55.101
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