Charles L Yates

Saigo Takamori - The Man Behind the Myth

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Produktbeschreibung

A biography of Saigo Takamori - the "last Samurai" and a hero of Meiji Japan. Using primary sources, the author reconstructs the historical Saigo from the mythical "Dai Saigo". He identifies that Saigo's importance lies less in historical fact, than in his influence over popular imagination.

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First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Januar 1995
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 526g
• ISBN-13: 9780710304841
• ISBN-10: 0710304846
• Artikelnr.: 42340958

Autorenporträt

Charles L. Yates

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1 Saig?'s Childhood in Satsuma, 1827-59
Chapter 2 Exile and Intellectual Growth, 1859-64
Chapter 3 The Rise to Leadership, 1864-65
Chapter 4 The Destruction of the Tokugawa Regime, 1865-8
Chapter 5 Reform and Reaction in Kagoshima, 1868-71
Chapter 6 Hard Times and Trouble in Tokyo, 1871-73
Chapter 7 Collision Course in Kagoshima, 1873-77