Meiji Restoration Losers - Memory and Tokugawa Supporters in Modern Japan

This book is about the losers of the Meiji Restoration and the supporters who promoted their legacy. Using sources ranging from essays by former Tokugawa supporters like Fukuzawa Yukichi to postwar film and "lost decade" manga, Michael Wert shows how shifting portrayals of Restoration losers have influenced the formation of national history.

Info autore

Michael Wert is Associate Professor of East Asian History at Marquette University.

Riassunto

This book is about the losers of the Meiji Restoration and the supporters who promoted their legacy. Using sources ranging from essays by former Tokugawa supporters like Fukuzawa Yukichi to postwar film and “lost decade” manga, Michael Wert shows how shifting portrayals of Restoration losers have influenced the formation of national history.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Michael Wert, Wert Michael
• Editore: Harvard University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 28.02.2021
• EAN: 9780674251236
• ISBN: 978-0-674-25123-6
• Pagine: 240
• Dimensioni: 153 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Serie: Harvard East Asian Monographs; Harvard East Asian Monographs (HUP)
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Geography, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography