Sakamato Ryoma and the Meiji Restoration ( Princeton Legacy Library )

Publication series ：Princeton Legacy Library

Author： Jansen Marius B.  

Publisher： Princeton University Press‎

Publication year： 2015

E-ISBN: 9781400879656

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780691625898

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9780691030562

Subject： K3 Asian History

Keyword： 亚洲史

Language： ENG

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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.

The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Chapter

Cover

Contents

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 Ryōma

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 Rintarō

2. Sakamoto and Katsu

3. The Hyōgo Naval Academy

4. The Dismissal of Katsu

V. The Satsuma-Chōshū Alliance

1. Saigō Takamori and Satsuma

2. Nakaoka Shintarō and Chōshū

3. From Shishi to Statesmen

4. The Alliance

VI. The Kaientai

1. The Attack in the Teradaya

2. The Second Chōshū 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 Shogun Yoshinobu (Keiki)

3. The Kyoto Conference

4. Program for a New Government

5. The Icarus Affair

VIII. Restoration

1. Yōdō'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 Stages 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

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