Mc LEOD, N. Japan and the Lost Tribes of Israel (cover title). Epitome of the Ancient History of Japan

(JAPAN).

Rising Sun Office

Osaka, Japan

1879

Appended Edition. 15 engraved plates

The author, a Scottish explorer, traveled extensively in Japan under the rule of the Shogun, and came to the conclusion that the noble Samurai are descendants of two of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel, Ephraim and Menasseh. Although the origins of the Japanese race are shrouded in mystery, the putative claim that the Japanese nobility are exiles from the Northern Kingdom of Israel, might be considered tentative at most