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Author:

880-01 Watanabe, Hiroshi, 1946-

Title:

A history of Japanese political thought : 1600-1901 / Watanabe Hiroshi ; translated by David Noble.

Edition:

First English edition.

Publisher:

International House of Japan,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

xiv, 543 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Political science--Japan--History--17th century.
Political science--Japan--History--18th century.
Political science--Japan--History--19th century.
Political scientists--Japan.

Other Authors:

Noble, David. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2006063981

Other Titles:

880-02 Nihon seiji shisōshi, jūshichi--jūkuseki. English

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 493-527) and index.

Summary:

In 1853 a flotilla of U.S. Navy warships led by Commodore Matthew C. Perry arrived in Japan. A scant fourteen years later the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate, which had lasted two and a half centuries, was at an end. What lay behind the sudden collapse of samurai rule? Watanabe Hiroshi traces the quiet changes in political thought that culminated in the dramatic events of the Meiji Revolution in 1868. Confucian ideals such as a universal Way and benevolent government under a virtuous ruler possessing the mandate of heaven were taught by successive Japanese Confucians and came to permeate the country, posing an implicit threat to military rule. Over time the development of a national consciousness, the rising prestige of the imperial court in Kyoto, and increased knowledge of the Western world created the conditions for a national debate over opening up to the Westand for radical political change.

Series:

LTCB international library selection ; no. 30

ISBN:

4924971324
9784924971325

OCLC:

(OCoLC)810874522

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)