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Sakamoto Ryoma and the Meiji restoration : Marius B. Jansen

Author(s): Jensen, Marius B.

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Main Title: Sakamoto Ryoma and the Meiji restoration
Author(s): Jensen, Marius B.
Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, 1994
Collation: xviii, 423 p. : maps
21 cm.
ISBN: 9780231101738
Dewey Class: 952.025
Contents: Preface to the Morningside Edition -- Introduction -- I. Sakamoto's Japan: 1. The Tokugawa Setting; 2. Tosa; 3. Tosa at Mid-Century -- II. The Response to the West: 1. The Tokugawa Response; 2. Reforms in Tosa; 3. The Education of Sakamoto Ryoma -- III. The Loyalist Years: 1. The Shishi Type and Ideal; 2. The Tosa Loyalist Party; 3. The Shishi in National Politics; 4. The Decline of Loyalist Extremism -- IV. Service with Katsu: 1. Katsu Rintaro; 2. Sakamoto and Katsu; 3. The Hyogo Naval Academy; 4. The Dismissal of Katsu -- V. The Satsuma-Choshu Alliance: 1. Saigo Takamori and Satsuma; 2. Nakaoka Shintaro and Choshu; 3. From Shishi to Statesmen; 4. The Alliance -- VI. The Kaientai: 1. The Attack in the Teradaya; 2. The Second Choshu Expedition; 3. Changes in Tosa; 4. The Nagasaki Scene; 5. Reinstatement and Support for the Kaientai -- VII. The Eight-Point Program: 1. The Advantage of Tosa Support; 2. The Sogun Yoshinobu (Keiki); 3. The Kyoto Conference; 4. Program for a New Generation; 5. The Icarus Affair -- VIII. Restoration: 1. Yodo's Petition to Keiki; 2. Preparations for War; 3. The End of the Bakufu; 4. Sakamoto and the New Government; 5. The Warriors Become Kami -- IX. The Restoration in Tosa: 1. The States of Response to the West; 2. The Leaders and their Aims; 3. The Problem of Class Interest -- Chronological Tables -- List of Works Cited -- A Note on Sources -- Biographical Notes -- Index.
Language: English
Subject: Japan -- History -- Restoration, 1853-1870
BRN: 3397