Sakamoto Ryoma and the Meiji Restoration
Sakamoto Ryoma and the Meiji Restoration (Princeton Legacy Library) by Marius B. Jansen
English | December 8, 2015 | ISBN: 0691625891, 0691652244 | True PDF | 440 pages | 33.3 MB
English | December 8, 2015 | ISBN: 0691625891, 0691652244 | True PDF | 440 pages | 33.3 MB
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.