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San suijin keirin mondō. English

Authors

Nakae Tokusuke

Volume and Number

Occasional Paper No. 10

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Publication Date

1977

Publisher

Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University

City

Bellingham, Washington

Description

The Meiji period (1868-1912) was an exciting and cataclysmic era of Japanese history. In 1854 after two hundred and fifty years of self-imposed isolation, Japan was opened to diplomatic contact with the outside world and by 1868 the old political and social order had been overthrown. A new government was created with the promise that in the words of the Charter Oath, knowledge would be sought throughout the world and the evil customs of the past would be broken off. Once the restraints of the preceding Tokugawa state were removed, a new environment receptive to rapid change and innovation was ushered in. New ideas from the West inundated Japan, and institutions modeled on those of the West replaced the structure that had existed for centuries.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.25710/w5jq-c344

Publisher (Digital Object)

Resources made available by Special Collections, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, and the Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University.

Type

Text

OCLC Number

3444630

Disciplines

Asian History | Japanese Studies

Keywords

Meiji period, Japanese Charter Oath, Tokugawa state

Associate Editors, Production Assistants, and Writers

Margaret B. Dardess

Document Type

Book

Rights

Copyright 1977 the Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University

Language

English

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A Discourse on Government: Nakae Chōmin and his Sansuijin keirin mondō: An Essay and Introduction
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