Reference:Japanese Studies Association of Australia-International Conference on Japanese Language Education International Conference, Sydney, Australia, 13 Jul 2009 - 16 Jul 2009. 13 Jul 2009
Throughout the year of 1874, thirty-three year old physician Ishii Kendō (1840-82) wrote in his personal diary faithfully every day, recording with endearing frankness his bodily condition, his medical and daily activities.1 The diligence with which he wrote suggests that he kept diaries for other years, too, but this diary is sadly the only one extant.
