Samurai assassins : "dark murder" and the Meiji Restoration, 1853-1868 / Romulus Hillsborough.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hillsborough, Romulus, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Assassination.

History.

Samurai.

Japan--History--Restoration, 1853-1870.

Japan.

Samurai--Japan--History--19th century.

Assassination--Japan--History--19th century.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

x, 212 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2017]

Summary:

"Assassination--in Japanese, ansatsu or "dark murder"--was instrumental in the samurai-led revolution known as the Meiji Restoration, by which the shogun's military government was overthrown and the Imperial monarchy restored in 1868. This first-ever account in English of the assassins who drove the revolution details one of the most volatile periods in Japanese history"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I The Assassination of Ii Naosuké and the Beginning of the End of the Tokugawa Bakufu

1 The Background of the Assassination of Ii Naosuké 16

2 The Conspiracy to Assassinate Ii Naosuké 20

3 The Assassination of Ii Naosuké 31

Part II The Rise and Fall of Takéchi Hanpeita and the Tosa Loyalist Party

4 The Gap 36

5 Takéchi Hanpeita and His Tosa Loyalist Party 42

6 The Assassination of Yoshida Toyo 48

7 "Divine Punishment" 60

8 Lord Yodo's Comeback 78

9 The Assassination of Anégakoji Kintomo 87

10 Lord Yodo's Crackdown 91

11 In Prison (1) 97

12 The Failed Rebellions of Choshu and Mito 105

13 In Prison (2) 111

14 The Stoicism of a Samurai: Takechi Hanpeita's Death 122

Part III The Assassination of Sakamoto Ryoma

15 Ryoma's Greatest Achievements 128

16 The Motives 135

17 Unsolved Mystery-To a Certain Extent 141

18 The Assassins 146

19 The Attack 154

20 The Aftermath 160

21 Civil War 163

22 "The Man Who Killed Sakamoto Ryoma" 169.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references( pages 205-206) and index.

ISBN:

9781476668802

1476668809

OCLC:

963914398