History of Japan during the Meiji Era, 1867-1912

by Walter Wallace McLaren

"The Japanese coup d'état of 1867, commonly called the Restoration, was as swiftly executed as it had been elaborately prepared for by the supporters of the Imperial cause. The forces which finally thrust the Emperor forward into the position of an active ruler were of varying degrees of power and of diverse origin, intellectual, sentimental, political, and military, some at work for several centuries, and others the result of the two decades immediately preceding the event. Of the methods adopted to ensure the success of this movement, some were the devices of men of high qualities who were loyally and unselfishly devoted to the national ideal, while others were obviously those of jealous and reckless samurai, bent on revenge or improvement of their own fortunes. Among the actual promoters of the movement for the Emperor's restoration there were two very different views of its meaning. To the Conservatives it was a return to antiquity, to the Radicals a renovation..." - Walter Wallace McLaren

Contents: The Reconstruction Period. The Restoration Movement. The Policy of the Restoration Party. The Abolition of Feudalism. The Government and its Critics. The Reconstruction of the Central and Local Governments. The Growth of Representative Institutions. Political Issues and Morality. End of the Reconstruction Period. The Parliamentary Regime. The First Four Years. The Chino-Japanese War. Militarism and Clan Government. The Russo-Japanese War. Japan on the Continent of Asia. The End of the Meiji Era. The Political System in Japan.

Genres: History

205 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 1, 2007

Reviews

[Chloé · Rating 4 out of 5]

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