First published in 1995.  This volume looks at the samurai character of Saigo Takamori, a central character in the novel and television series called 'Tobu ga gotoku' (as if to fly) based on Shiba Ryotaro's novel, which was aired on Japan's public television network NHK. Shiba's main focus in the novel if on the early development of Japan's domestic politics, and on the emergence in that context of widespread discontent toward the policies of the Meiji government among the samurai class, leading eventually to a series of armed rebellions between 1874 and 1877.
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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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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;
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ISBN
9780710304841
Publisert
1995-01-02
Utgiver
Vendor
Kegan Paul
Vekt
620 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
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Antall sider
250

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