Personal Experience of the Meiji Restoration
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The Meiji Restoration and Japanese Society through the Eyes of a British Diplomat. The first book on Japan in the West, it looks at how Japan can find a way out under the great changes of the times. In 1862, Satoshi came to Japan as a translator for the British diplomatic mission. Until he returned to Japan in 1869, he experienced a series of important events in modern Japanese history such as opening up trade, respecting the king and repelling the barbarians, the Battle of Shimonoseki, the outbreak of the civil war, and the emperor's personal administration. With first-hand information, he faithfully recorded the difficult process of finding a way out for all classes in Japan during the great changes. Based on what he saw every day, Satoshi revealed the awakening of a nation, the birth and growth of a new country, and the structure of a new order in this decision concerning Japan's national destiny.
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