The Iwakura Mission to America and Europe: A New Assessment

by Ian Nish

Examines the top ministerial team sent in 1872 by the new Meiji government to the West in order to idenitify, classify and assess Western technology and culture, and to open a dialogue to review the so-called 'unequal treaties'.

Genres: Japan, History

240 pages, Paperback

First published October 23, 1998

About the author

A specialist in the history of Japanese foreign policy and Anglo-Japanese relations, Ian Hill Nish CBE was Emeritus Professor of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

Reviews

[Tim]

Interesting set of new Western responses to the 1872 Japanese project.==

[Yusuf · Rating 3 out of 5]

Less analytical than l expected, but documents the mission's route very well. You should read if you have a special interest to the Meiji era in general and Iwakura mission in particular. Other than that, it would be a very boring read.