The Nature and Origins of Japanese Imperialism: A Re-interpretation of the 1873 Crisis

by Calman,Donald

• ISBN13: 9780415067102
• ISBN10: 0415067103
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1992-09-16
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

InThe Nature and Origins of Japanese Imperialism, Donald Calman traces Japan's twentieth-century imperialism back to the economic imperatives at the root of the country's 1873 crisis. Calman shows that the prospect of economic gain through overseas expansion was the central issue of that year's political struggles. He goes on to demonstrate that Japan had a long, earlier tradition of aiming for economic expansion overseas and that much of the writing on Japan has played down the true extent of Japanese imperialism.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. ix
Glossary of Japanese Terms	p. xi
Preface	p. xvii
Introduction	p. 1
Western Writers and Meiji History	p. 12
Ezochi, Korea and the Four Great Western Clans	p. 28
Tokugawa Japan	p. 53
Kurume: Takayama, Maki and Sada	p. 72
Maruyama, Dairaku, Kurume's Convulsions and Shintō's 'Brief History'	p. 106
Japanese Perceptions of the 1873 Seihen	p. 129
The Nature of Japanese Imperialism	p. 171
The Power Struggle in Hokkaidō	p. 215
The Rule of Law	p. 252
The Tosa Clan, Godai and the Opening of Korea	p. 276
Conclusion	p. 312
Bibliography	p. 329
Index	p. 341
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