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In this book social scientists scrutinize the middle decades of the nineteenth century in Japan. That scrutiny is important and overdue, for the period from the 1850s to the 1880s has usually been treated in terms of politics and foreign relations. Yet those decades were also of pivotal importance in Japan's institutional modernization. As the Japanese entered the world order, they experienced a massive introduction of Western-style organizations. Sweeping reforms, without the class violence or the Utopian appeal of revolution, created the foundation for a modern society. The Meiji Restoration introduced a political transformation, but these chapters address the more gradual social transition.Originally published in 1986.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Japan -- History -- 19th century. --- Japan -- History -- Meiji period, 1868-1912. --- Japan -- Social conditions -- 1868-. --- Japan --- History --- Social conditions --- J3367 --- J3371 --- Japan: History -- Kinsei, Edo period -- kaikoku and bakumatsu (1853-1867) --- Japan: History -- Kindai, modern -- Meiji period (1868-1912) --- Japon --- Histoire --- Conditions sociales --- Japon. Histoire. 1850-1880. --- Japan. Geschiedenis. 1850-1880. --- Social conditions. --- 1800-1912. --- Japan. --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.

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"Exploring the life of Komura Jutaro, a defining force in the fate of Japan as a developing power, this critical biography casts the history of Japanese modernization in a captivating light. After the Meiji Restoration, the Sino-Japanese War, and the Russo-Japanese War, Japan found itself occupying a prominent position in the global arena. Komura Jutaro, whom Mutsu Munemitsu had chosen as his successor, served on the Katsura Taro cabinet and set to forging a plan for Japan's continental development in opposition to Russia, considering the influence of the United States and Britain. Komura accurately judged that Japan had no other option than war with Russia, given his piercing insights into Russia's intentions, and that recognition enabled the Empire of Japan to stay on the right track. All the other merits and demerits of Komura's diplomacy are directly connected to the merits and demerits of the steps taken by the Empire of Japan that eventually led to the country's defeat in World War II. Komura's diplomacy thus calls into question Japan's national strategy itself: consistently pursuing independent diplomacy instead of entrusting Japan's fate to collaboration with the Anglo-American world and, in Asia, expanding Japan's exclusive sphere of influence beyond the Korean Peninsula deep into the Asian continent. The book does not intend to uncover or delve deeper into new historical facts in the scope of modern history. Rather, its chief aim is to lay out a historical picture that situates the relative importance of objective facts in proper balance."--Dust jacket. Exploring the life of Komura Jutaro, a defining force in the fate of Japan as a developing power, this critical biography casts the history of Japanese modernization in a captivating light. The book does not intend to uncover or delve deeper into new historical facts in the scope of modern history. Rather, its chief aim is to lay out a historical picture that situates the relative importance of objective facts in proper balance.

J3371 --- J2284.70 --- J4810.70 --- Japan: History -- Kindai, modern -- Meiji period (1868-1912) --- Japan: Genealogy and biography -- biographies -- kindai (1850s- ), bakumatsu, Meiji, Taishō --- Japan: International politics and law -- international relations, policy and security -- Kindai (1850s- ), bakumatsu, Meiji, Taishō --- Diplomats --- Foreign ministers --- Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905. --- Komura, Jutarō, --- Japan --- Foreign relations.

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"In this volume, Wert traces the shifting portrayals of Restoration losers and the supporters who promoted their legacy. By highlighting the overlooked sites of memory and legends, Wert illustrates how the process of commemoration and rehabilitation allows individuals a voice in the formation of national history"--Provided by publisher.

Collective memory --- Oguri, Tadamasa, --- Ii, Naosuke, --- Japan --- Historiography --- History --- Historiography. --- J3000 --- J3367 --- J3371 --- Collective remembrance --- Common memory --- Cultural memory --- Emblematic memory --- Historical memory --- National memory --- Public memory --- Social memory --- Memory --- Social psychology --- Group identity --- National characteristics --- Japan: History -- historiography, theory, methodology and philosophy --- Japan: History -- Kinsei, Edo period -- kaikoku and bakumatsu (1853-1867) --- Japan: History -- Kindai, modern -- Meiji period (1868-1912) --- Oguri, Kōzuke no Suke, --- 小栗忠順, --- Ii Kamon-no-Kami Naosuké --- 井伊直弼 --- 伊井直弼

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J3371 --- J3373.30 --- J4815.11 --- J4810.70 --- J2299.11 --- Americans --- -Yankees --- Ethnology --- Japan: History -- Kindai, modern -- Meiji period (1868-1912) --- Japan: History -- Kindai, modern -- Meiji period (1868-1912) -- modernization and innovation -- foreigners in Japan, o-yatoi --- Japan: International politics and law -- international relations, policy and security -- North America -- United States --- Japan: International politics and law -- international relations, policy and security -- Kindai (1850s- ), bakumatsu, Meiji, Taishō --- North America: Genealogy and biography of the United States --- Biography --- Griffis, William Elliot --- Morse, Edward Sylvester --- Hearn, Lafcadio --- -Homes and haunts --- -Japan --- Civilization --- -J3371 --- -Japan: History -- Kindai, modern -- Meiji period (1868-1912) --- -Americans --- Griffis, William Elliot, --- Hearn, Lafcadio, --- Morse, Edward Sylvester, --- Griffis, William Eliot, --- Kŭripʻisŭ, W. E., --- Griffis, W. E. --- Morse, E. S. --- Mōsu, Edowādo Shirubesutā, --- モース エドワードシルベスター, --- Morse, Edw. S. --- Koizumi, Yakumo, --- Hearn, Patrick Lafcadio, --- Hearn, Paddy, --- Hān, Rafukadio, --- Hsiao-chʻüan, Pa-yün, --- Ho-en, La-fu-kʻa-ti-wo, --- Ho, En, --- Hern, Lafcadio, --- Xiaoquan, Bayun, --- Chern, Leukadios, --- Hearn, Lafkadio, --- האירן, לאפקאדיא --- האירן, לאפקאדיא, --- ラフカディオ・ハーン, --- 小泉八云, --- 小泉八雲, --- Hern, Leukadios, --- Homes and haunts --- Japan --- 小泉八曇 --- Koizumi, Yakumo --- ハーン ラフカディオ --- ヘルン ラフカディオ --- モース, E.S. --- 小泉八雲

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Remnants of Days Past, by Kyoji Watanabe, is an epic journey into Japan’s past. It is a comprehensive look at the Tokugawa rule and the Edo period, an age in which the civilization of “Old Japan” was still on display and which, for better or worse, ceased to exist with the advent of modernization. Watanabe covers in great detail several topics pertaining to this civilization, including the status and position of the various social classes, views of women and children, attitudes towards sex, labor, and the body and religious beliefs, as well as the unique cosmology behind this civilization. Watanabe makes use of a number of works written by foreign observers who visited Japan from the end of the Edo period to the beginning of the Meiji to support his views. As the author writes in the book, “What is important in my mind is the reality that the civilization of ‘Old Japan’ developed through a universal desire, as well as the ideas behind this desire, to make it as comfortable as possible for human existence.” This is a massive work that takes an in-depth look at what modern Japan has lost.

Gaikokujin(Nihon zairyū). --- Nihon-Rekishi-Bakumatsuki. --- Nihon-Rekishi-Meiji jidai. --- Visitors, Foreign --- Japan --- Civilization --- J4000.70 --- J4000.60 --- J3367 --- J3371 --- Foreign visitors --- Foreigners --- Foreigners, Visiting --- International visitors --- Visiting foreigners --- Travelers --- Exchange of persons programs --- Japan: Social history, history of civilization -- Kindai (1850s- ), bakumatsu, Meiji, Taishō --- Japan: Social history, history of civilization -- Kinsei, Edo, Tokugawa period, early modern (1600-1867) --- Japan: History -- Kinsei, Edo period -- kaikoku and bakumatsu (1853-1867) --- Japan: History -- Kindai, modern -- Meiji period (1868-1912) --- al-Yābān --- Giappone --- Government of Japan --- Iapōnia --- I︠A︡ponii︠a︡ --- Japam --- Japani --- Japão --- Japon --- Japonia --- Japonsko --- Japonya --- Jih-pen --- Mư̄ang Yīpun --- Nihon --- Nihon-koku --- Nihonkoku --- Nippon --- Nippon-koku --- Nipponkoku --- Prathēt Yīpun --- Riben --- State of Japan --- Yābān --- Yapan --- Yīpun --- Zhāpān --- Япония --- اليابان --- يابان --- 日本 --- 日本国 --- Jepun --- Yapon --- Yapon Ulus --- I︠A︡pon --- Япон --- I︠A︡pon Uls --- Япон Улс