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Meiji Restoration Losers Memory and Tokugawa Supporters in Modern Japan
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Title
Meiji Restoration Losers [electronic resource] : Memory and Tokugawa Supporters in Modern Japan / Michael Wert.
ISBN
168417533X
9781684175338
0674726707 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
9780674726703 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
Published
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Distributed by Harvard University Press. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Asia Center, 2013. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Physical Description
1 online resource (viii, 225 pages :) illustrations, map ;
Local Notes
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Notes
Description based on print version record.
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Summary
"In this volume, Wert traces the shifting portrayals of Restoration losers and the supporters who promoted their legacy. By highlighting the overlooked sites of memory and legends, Wert illustrates how the process of commemoration and rehabilitation allows individuals a voice in the formation of national history"--Provided by publisher.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 15, 2020
Series
Harvard East Asian monographs ; 358
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-220) and index.
Contents
Introduction : remembering losers
The last bannerman
Creating Tokugawa heroes in Meiji Japan
Redeeming villains
Recreating restoration losers in postwar Japan
Oguri and Japan's new heroes during the "lost decade"
Conclusion.
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