A Diplomat in Japan, Part II: The Diaries of Ernest Satow, 1870-1883Sir Ernest Satow's well known best seller "A Diplomat in Japan" (first published in 1921) which is still widely available in paperback is based mainly on his diaries ("journals") for 1862 69. The unabridged diaries in this volume, carefully transcribed from original documents held at the U. K. National Archives and published for the first time on lulu. com, tell the story of Ernest Satow's subsequent years in Japan (and home leaves in Britain, France,