Remembering Aizu

by Goro Shiba and Shiba Goro

Book Overview

The Meiji Restoration of 1868 is most often seen as a glorious event marking the overthrow of Tokugawa feudalism and the beginning of Japan's modern transformation. Yet it had its dark side. The Aizu domain in northeastern Japan had staunchly supported the old regime. For this it was attacked by the new government's forces from Choshu and Satsuma in the autumn of 1868. Its castle town was burned to the ground, and during a month-long siege, whole...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824821300
• ISBN13: 9780824821302
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"