Japan Rising: The Iwakura Embassy to the USA and Europe - Hardcover

Kunitake, Kume

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521513855 ISBN 13: 9780521513852

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

In 1871 Japan sent a high-ranking delegation to the USA and Europe, to negotiate treaties and trading agreements and to investigate how it might modernise its political and economic institutions. Led by the Foreign Minister Prince Tomomi Iwakura, the 'embassy' of politicians, courtiers and officials travelled extensively around the USA for eight months, before spending a further year examining the British manufacturing industry, German armaments and French culture. The Iwakura Embassy helped change the course of Japanese history, for the official report of this journey, compiled by Prince Iwakura's personal secretary, the Confucian scholar Kunitake Kume, was to play a key role in Japan's transformation into a modern industrial nation. The report was translated into English in five large volumes in 2002. This carefully prepared abridgement makes it accessible to a wider range of scholars and students, and to all who are interested in the remarkable rise of modern Japan.

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Book Description

In 1871 Japan sent a delegation to the USA and Europe. The report of this journey played a key role in Japan's transformation into an industrial nation. This abridgement makes the report accessible to a wider range of scholars and students, and those interested in the rise of modern Japan.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521513855
• ISBN 13: 9780521513852
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 558
• Editor: Tsuzuki Chushichi, Young R. Jules