Starting from Perry’s arrival in 1853, J. Morris sketches the men who made modern Japan: the Emperor Meiji, Tokugawa Keiki the last shogun, early reformers such as Fujita Toko, Sakuma Shozan and Yoshida Shoin who died for their boldness, and the statesmen and soldiers of the Meiji era who followed them.
A useful gallery of biographies for readers beginning on Japan’s Meiji transformation. Download the free EPUB.