Romulus Hillsborough

Samurai Assassins

"Dark Murder" and the Meiji Restoration, 1853-1868

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Assassination--in Japanese, ansatsu or "dark murder"--was instrumental in the samurai-led revolution known as the Meiji Restoration, by which the shogun's military government was overthrown and the Imperial monarchy restored in 1868. The ideology and moral philosophy of the men behind the revolution--including bushid¿ or "the way of the warrior"--informed their actions and would become the foundation of the emperor-worship of World War II. This first-ever account in English of the assassins who drove the revolution details one of the most volatile periods in Japanese history--also known as "the dawn of modern Japan."

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. April 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 434g
• ISBN-13: 9781476668802
• ISBN-10: 1476668809
• Artikelnr.: 47083765

Autorenporträt

Having spent sixteen years studying and working in Japan as a writer and journalist, Romulus Hillsborough now lives in Northern California.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Note on Dates, Names, Romanization and Pronunciation Map of Japan Map of Ky
to Preface Introduction Part I: The Assassination of Ii Naosuké and the Beginning of the End of the Tokugawa Bakufu
1.
The Background of the Assassination of Ii Naosuké
2.
The Conspiracy to Assassinate Ii Naosuké
3.
The Assassination of Ii Naosuké Part II: The Rise and Fall of Takéchi Hanpeita and the Tosa Loyalist Party
4.
The Gap
5.
Takéchi Hanpeita and His Tosa Loyalist Party
6.
The Assassination of Yoshida T
y
7.
"Divine Punishment"
8.
Lord Y
d
's Comeback
9.
The Assassination of Anégak
ji Kintomo 10.
Lord Y
d
's Crackdown 11.
In Prison (1) 12.
The Failed Rebellions of Ch
sh
and Mito 13.
In Prison (2) 14.
The Stoicism of a Samurai: Takéchi Hanpeita's Death Part III: The Assassination of Sakamoto Ry
ma 15.
Ry
ma's Greatest Achievements 16.
The Motives 17.
Unsolved Mystery-To a Certain Extent 18.
The Assassins 19.
The Attack 20.
The Aftermath 21.
Civil War 22.
"The Man Who Killed Sakamoto Ry
ma" Epilogue: The Second Existential Crisis of the Samurai Class Glossary Era Names and Dates Chapter Notes Bibliography Index