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A Diplomat in Japan: the Inner History of the Critical Years in the Evolution of Japan When the Ports Were Opened and the Monarchy Restored

By Satow , Ernest Mason

Book information

Publisher
Stone Bridge Press
Year
2007
ISBN
9781933330167, 9784896842890, 9780893469610, 0893469610
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (8084118 bytes)
Pages
480 pages\480
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
HISTORY--Asia--General;History;Electronic books;HI

Description

Contents; i. Appointment as Student Interpreter at Yedo 1; ii. Yokohama Society, Official and Unofficial 7; iii. Political Conditions in Japan 19; iv. TreatiesAnti-Foreign SpiritMurder ofForeigners 29; v. Richardson's MurderJapanese Studies 39; vi. Official Visit to Yedo 53; vii. Demands for ReparationJapanese Proposals toClose the PortsPayment of the inedmnity 65; viii. Bombardment of Kagoshima 79; ix. Shimonoseki; Preliminary Measures 91; x. ShimonosekiNaval Operations 99; xi. ShimonosekiPeace Concluded with Choshiu 115; xii. The Murder of Bird and Baldwin 135.;Based on the author's detailed diary, personal encounters, and keen memory, this book is a record of the inner history of the critical years of social and political upheaval that accompanied Japan's first encounters with the West around the time of the Meiji Restoration.

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