The cooperation of Jacob Schiff and Takahashi Korekiyo regarding the financial support for the war with Russia (1904-1905). Analysis of Schiff and Takahashi’s Private Correspondence and Diaries.

• Authors: Olga Barbasiewicz
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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This paper presents the problem which the Japanese Government had in gaining financial support for the war with Russia (19041905). It is based on the private correspondence and diaries of Jacob Schiff and Takahashi Korekiyo, which provide a closer look at the problem of conducting the war. It also shows the first moment when Japan confirmed its position as a world power, becoming the first Asian country which was treated as an equal partner by the Western powers.

Keywords

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Jacob Schiff, Koreyiko, Japanese-Russian War

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Kultur Śródziemnomorskich i Orientalnych PAN
• Journal: Acta Asiatica Varsoviensia
• Year: 2014
• Issue: 27
• Pages: 9-19

Contributors

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Olga Barbasiewicz

• Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures of the Polish Academy of Sciences