Sakamato Ryoma and the Meiji Restoration / by Marius B. Jansen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jansen, Marius B., author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sakamoto, Ryōma, 1836-1867.

Sakamoto, Ryōma.

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

Japan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (440 p.)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1961.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

I. Sakamoto's Japan

II. The Response to the West

III. The Loyalist Years

IV. Service with Katsu

V. The Satsuma-Chōshū Alliance

VI. The Kaientai

VII. The Eight-Point Program

VIII. Restoration

IX. The Restoration in Tosa

Chronological Tables

List of Works Cited

A Note on Sources

Biographical Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Inludes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 19, 2016).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780691652245

0691652244

9781400879656

1400879655

OCLC:

966762904