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Samurai assassins : "Dark Murder" and the Meiji Restoration, 1853-1868 / Romulus Hillsborough.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hillsborough, Romulus, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Samurai--Japan--History--19th century.
- Samurai.
- Assassination--Japan--History--19th century.
- Assassination.
- Japan--History--Restoration, 1853-1870.
- Japan.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (212 pages)
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4766-2800-9
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