Samurai assassins : "dark murder" and the Meiji Restoration, 1853-1868 / Romulus Hillsborough.
Samurai assassins : "dark murder" and the Meiji Restoration, 1853-1868 / Romulus Hillsborough.
Samurai assassins : "dark murder" and the Meiji Restoration, 1853-1868 / Romulus Hillsborough.
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Publisher
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2017]
Call Numbers
G 2018/0755
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Language
English
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Physical content
x, 212 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction -- Part I. The Assassination of Ii Naosuké and the Beginning of the End of the Tokugawa Bakufu. The Background of the Assassination of Ii Naosuké -- The Conspiracy to Assassinate Ii Naosuké -- The Assassination of Ii Naosuké -- Part II. The Rise and Fall of Takéchi Hanpeita and the...
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Publisher
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2017]
Place of Publication
North Carolina
Date Published
[2017]
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Summary
"Assassination--in Japanese, ansatsu or "dark murder"--was instrumental in the samurai-led revolution known as the Meiji Restoration, by which the shogun's military government was overthrown and the Imperial monarchy restored in 1868. This first-ever account in English of the assassins who drove the revolution details one of the most volatile perio...
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Samurai assassins : "dark murder" and the Meiji Restoration, 1853-1868 / Romulus Hillsborough.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-206) and index.
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G 2018/0755
Record Identifier
74VKVGB83wqA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVGB83wqA
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ISBN
9781476668802 (softcover ; alkaline paper)
1476668809 (softcover ; alkaline paper)
DDC
952.025
MMS ID
991024156169302626
