Readings in Tokugawa Thought

by Tetsuo Najita (Editor)

Contains translation of twenty-four Japanese articles. In this third edition, we have included several new texts: Oshio Heihachiro's Gekibun, Watanabe Kazan's Shinkiron, Yoshida Shoin's Ryukonroku, Sakuma Shozan's Chokuyu Soan, Takamori's Toda Taketoshi e no Kyokun. Additionally, we have also included an excerpt of a letter from Ernest Satow regarding the nature of the ishin movement in late Tokugawa times.

310 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1988