| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Cover; Copyright; Contents; List of Photographs; Japan; Edo and Vicinity; Kyōto; Ezo; Note on Japanese Pronunciation; Author's Note; Preface; Prologue; Historical Background; Loyal and Patriotic Corps; Newly Selected Corps; Of Insult and Retribution; The Purge; A Propensity to Kill; Slaughter at the Ikéda'ya; A Tale of Bushidō; Battle at the Forbidden Gates; Return of a Hero; Endings and Transformations; Blood at the Crossroads; Of Outrage, Fury, and Inexorable Fate; Civil War; The Peasant as Feudal Lord; Of Defeat, Disgrace, and Apotheosis; Epilogue: Hijikata's Last Fight; Appendix I |
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Appendix II: The SurvivorsTable of Era Names and Their Corresponding Years in Western Chronology; Glossary of Japanese Terms; Bibliography; Source Notes; Index; Backcover |
| Summary |
The Tokugawa Shogunate, a group of military governors who ruled Japan until the late 1800s, stayed in power for more than two centuries. Their fall was one of the most important events in Asian history. Also known as the Meiji Restoration, the shogun's ouster began as a reaction against the elite's willingness to "collaborate" with the West. The samurai took the shogun's position as a sign of weakness. The samurai plotted to overthrow the shogun. Murder, assassination, and intimidation soon followed. By the end of 1862, hordes of renegade samurai had transformed the streets of Japan's capital streets into a sea of blood |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-201) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Shinsengumi.
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| SUBJECT |
Shinsengumi fast |
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Japan -- History -- Restoration, 1853-1870.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069482
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| Subject |
Japan
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781462913589 |
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146291358X |
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