Overview
Sir Ernest Mason Satow (1843-1929) was a legendary British diplomat, a key figure in East Asia and Anglo-Japanese and -Chinese relations, particularly in Bakumatsu (1853-1867) and Meiji Era Japan, and in China after the Boxer Rebellion. He also served in Siam (present-day Thailand), Uruguay, and Morocco, and represented Britain at the Second Hague Peace Conference in 1907.
Volume 5 covers the period of 1895-1899 he spent in Morocco (January-May 1895), Europe (stopping by North America) (May-July 1895; May-November 1897), and Japan (July 1895-May 1897; November 1897-December 1899).
