Sakamoto Ryoma and the Meiji Restoration

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ISBN: 9780231101738 | 0231101732
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 1/1/1995

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Jansen tells the story of the Restoration in the career and thought of Sakamoto Ryoma and, to a lesser extent, Nakaoka Shintaro, each an example of the new type of political leader: idealistic, individualistic, and patriotic.

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Preface to the Morningside Edition
Introduction
Sakamoto's Japan	p. 3
The Tokugawa Setting	p. 3
Tosa	p. 20
Tosa at Mid-Century	p. 36
The Response to the West	p. 51
The Tokugawa Response	p. 51
Reforms in Tosa	p. 67
The Education of Sakamoto Ryoma	p. 77
The Loyalist Years	p. 93
The Shishi Type and Ideal	p. 95
The Tosa Loyalist Party	p. 104
The Shishi in National Politics	p. 124
The Decline of Loyalist Extremism	p. 137
Service with Katsu	p. 153
Katsu Rintaro	p. 154
Sakamoto and Katsu	p. 160
The Hyogo Naval Academy	p. 166
The Dismissal of Katsu	p. 178
The Satsuma-Choshu Alliance	p. 185
Saigo Takamori and Satsuma	p. 186
Nakaoka Shintaro and Choshu	p. 195
From Shishi to Statesmen	p. 204
The Alliance	p. 211
The Kaientai	p. 223
The Attack in the Teradaya	p. 224
The Second Choshu Expedition	p. 232
Changes in Tosa	p. 241
The Nagasaki Scene	p. 252
Reinstatement and Support for the Kaientai	p. 259
The Eight-Point Program	p. 271
The Advantage of Tosa Support	p. 272
The Sogun Yoshinobu (Keiki)	p. 278
The Kyoto Conference	p. 286
Program for a New Government	p. 294
The Icarus Affair	p. 304
Restoration	p. 312
Yodo's Petition to Keiki	p. 312
Preparations for War	p. 317
The End of the Bakufu	p. 326
Sakamoto and the New Government	p. 335
The Warriors Become Kami	p. 342
The Restoration in Tosa	p. 347
The States of Response to the West	p. 347
The Leaders and their Aims	p. 355
The Problem of Class Interest	p. 368
Chronological Tables	p. 379
List of Works Cited	p. 382
A Note on Sources	p. 389
Biographical Notes	p. 401
Index	p. 417
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