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04335aam a2200541 i 4500 001 64F54F64066511E4B09646AEDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20140708010108 008 131115s2014 enk b 001 0beng 010 $a 2013034331 020 $a 9781315818979 020 $a 1315818973 020 $a 041583886X (hardback) 020 $a 9780415838863 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)863631936 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d CDX $d YDXCP $d CHVBK $d RCJ $d UKMGB $d OCLCO $d DEBBG $d OCLCO $d NUI $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h jpn 042 $a pcc 043 $a a-ja--- 050 00 $a DS884.I8 $b T3513 2014 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 084 $a SOC008000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Takii, Kazuhiro, $d 1967- 240 10 $a ItoÌ Hirobumi. $l English 245 10 $a ItoÌ Hirobumi : $b Japan's first prime minister and father of the Meiji Constitution / $c Takii Kazuhiro ; translated by Takechi Manabu ; edited by Patricia Murray. 264 1 $a Abingdon, Oxon ; $b Routledge, $c 2014. 300 $a xiv, 250 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia ; $v 94 490 1 $a Nichibunken monograph series ; $v no. 16 500 $a "First edition published as Ito Hitobumi : chi no seijika, as part of the Nichibunken monograph series no. 16 in 2010 by Chuo Koron Shinsha"--Title page verso. 520 2 $a "The brilliant and influential statesman, ItoÌ Hirobumi (1841-1909), and the first prime minister of Japan's modern state, has been poorly understood. This biography attempts to set the record straight about ItoÌ's thought and vision for Japan's modernisation based on research in primary sources. It outlines ItoÌ's life: the son of a poor farmer, he showed exceptional talent as a boy and was sent to study in Europe and the United States. He returned home convinced that Western civilisation was the only viable path for Japan. Following the Meiji Restoration of 1868, Ito became a powerful intellectual and political force behind reforms of Japanese laws and institutions aimed to shape a modern government based on informed leadership and a knowledeable populace. Among his many achievements were the establishment of Japan's first constitution--the Meiji Constitution of 1889, and the founding in 1900 of a new type of constitutional party, the Rikken Seiyukai (Friends of Constitutional Government), which, reformulated after 1945, became the Liberal Democratic Party that has dominated Japanese politics in the postwar period. Concerning ItoÌ's role as Japanese Resident-General in Korea from 1905, the author argues that Ito's aim, not understood by either the Japanese home government or Koreans themselves, was not to colonize Korea. He was determined to modernise Korea and consolidate further constitutional reforms in Japan. This aim was not shared by others, and ItoÌ resigned in 1909. He was assassinated the same year in Manchuria by a Korean nationalist. The Japanese language edition of this book is a bestseller in Japan, and it received the Suntory Prize for Social Sciences and Humanities, one of Japan's most prestigious publishing awards"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 00 $g Afterword. $t Fostering governance in two countries -- $t A constitution for Japan : building the foundation -- $t ItoÌ the constitutional evangelist -- $t Creating a society for knowledge : the SeikyuÌkai -- $t Consolidating the national structure : the constitutional reforms of 1907 -- $t ItoÌ and China -- $t Fostering governance in two countries -- $g Afterword. 600 10 $a ItoÌ, Hirobumi, $d 1841-1909. 600 10 $a ItoÌ, Hirobumi, $d 1841-1909 $x Political and social views. 650 0 $a Statesmen $z Japan $v Biography. 650 0 $a Prime ministers $z Japan $v Biography. 651 0 $a Japan $x Politics and government $y 1868-1912. 650 0 $a Constitutional history $z Japan. 600 17 $a ItoÌ, Hirobumi, $d 1841-1909. $2 gnd 650 4 $a SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General / bisacsh. 655 4 $a Biographie. 700 1 $a Fister, Pat, $d 1953- 830 0 $a Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia (2005) ; $v 94. 830 0 $a Nichibunken monograph series ; $v no. 16. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180105061953.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=64F54F64066511E4B09646AEDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search