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Saigo Takamori: The Man Behind the Myth.

1996; Sophia University; Volume: 51; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2307/2385092

1880-1390

Sidney DeVere Brown, Charles L. Yates,

Japanese History and Culture

Conventions employed in the text introduction - Saigo Takamori - image and reality Saigo's childhood in Satsuma, 1827-59 exile and intellectual growth, 1858-64 the rise to leadership, 1864-5 the destruction of the Tokugawa regime, 1865-8 reform and reaction in Kagoshima, 1868-71 hard times and trouble in Tokyo, 1871-3 collision course in Kagoshima, 1873-7. Epilogue: reality and image - Saigo Takamori in Japanese history.