Toward Restoration

by Harootunian, H. D.

• ISBN13: 9780520074033
• ISBN10: 0520074033
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1991-07-01
• Publisher: Univ of California Pr on Demand

Summary

H. D. Harootunian has provided a new preface for the paperback edition of his classic study Toward Restoration, the first intellectual history of the Meiji Restoration in English. Book jacket.

Author Biography

H. D. Harootunian is Professor of History, University of Chicago

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
The Background: Neo-Confucianism and Nativism	p. 3
From the Mito Statement to the Meiji Restoration	p. 32
Mito and the Establishment of a Tradition of Discourse	p. 47
Introduction	p. 47
The Problem of Within and Without: Fujita Yukoku	p. 58
The Myth of the Past and the Historical Consciousness of the Present: Aizawa Seishisai	p. 85
Learning for Leadership: Fujita Toko and the Education of Shinkoku	p. 119
The Action of Culture: Sakuma Shozan	p. 129
The Mito Failure of Perception and Its Aftermath	p. 129
The Foreign Threat and the Problem of Defense	p. 136
Toward a New Political Space	p. 161
The Culture of Action: Yoshida Shoin	p. 184
The Problem of Kaikoku	p. 184
Loyalty and Action	p. 202
A Gathering of Heroes	p. 219
Rehearsal for Restoration	p. 246
Introduction	p. 246
The Attenuation of Mito: Ohashi Totsuan	p. 258
The Politicization of the Nativist Vision: Maki Izumi	p. 278
Restoration as Utopia: Kusaka Genzui	p. 314
Sectionalism and National Unity: Yokoi Shonan	p. 321
From Restoration to Reorganization: A New Political Solution	p. 321
Tempo: The Challenge to Confucian Reform	p. 325
"Sincerity": The Foundation for a New Theory of Action	p. 340
Fukoku Kyohei: The Shape of Political Reorganization	p. 354
Epilogue	p. 380
Sectionalism into National Unity	p. 380
The Restoration Reconsidered	p. 403
Index	p. 411
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