Sakamoto Ryoma and the Meiji Restoration

Author/Contributor(s):	Jansen, Marius
Publisher:	Columbia University Press
Date:	05/25/1995
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Exploring a tumultuous time in Japanese 19th-century history, when the country began to emerge from self-imposed exile, this study profiles activists such as Sakamoto Ryoma and Nakaoka Shintaro, who played an important role in the development of a unified nation state.