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Meiji restoration losers : memory and Tokugawa supporters in modern Japan / Michael Wert.

Title
Meiji restoration losers : memory and Tokugawa supporters in modern Japan / Michael Wert.
Author
Wert, Michael
Publication
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Published by the Harvard University Asia Center and distributed by Harvard University Press, 2013.

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Description
viii, 225 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.
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.
Series Statement
Harvard East Asian monographs ; 358
Uniform Title
Harvard East Asian monographs 358.
Subject
  • Oguri, Tadamasa, 1827-1868
  • Ii, Naosuke, 1815-1860
  • 1600-1999
  • Historiography > Japan > History > 20th century
  • Collective memory > Japan
  • Japan > History > Historiography > Tokugawa period, 1600-1868
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages [203]-220) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
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.
ISBN
9780674726703 (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2013009020
OCLC
  • 830992689
  • SCSB-12240488
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library