Sakamato Ryoma and the Meiji Restoration

Marius B. Jansen

Published by Princeton University Press 1961

Sakamato Ryoma and the Meiji Restoration

Marius B. Jansen

Volume 1913 in the series Princeton Legacy Library

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400879656

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The Meiji Restoration of mid-nineteenth-century Japan was the outgrowth of upheaval as vital as the American Civil War or the French Revolution, and marked the beginnings of Japan as a forward-looking, unified state. The author tells the story of this crucial period of Japanese history through the career of a national hero, Sakamoto Ryoma, with Sakamoto as a symbol of Japan's enlightened growth.

Originally published in 1961.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
I. Sakamoto's Japan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
II. The Response to the West Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
III. The Loyalist Years Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
IV. Service with Katsu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
V. The Satsuma-Chōshū Alliance Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
VI. The Kaientai Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223
VII. The Eight-Point Program Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271
VIII. Restoration Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	312
IX. The Restoration in Tosa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	347
Chronological Tables Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	379
List of Works Cited Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	382
A Note on Sources Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	389
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