Description or summary of the book: In this remarkable account of the life of Japan's last Shogun, the arrival of U.S. Commodore Perry's squadron is shown to be the spark that ignited the cataclysm that reached its climax with the fall of the Shogunate in 1868. This brought a 17 year-old boy emperor from the seclusion of the Imperial Palace in Kyoto to preside over what became a political and cultural revolution: with this, Japan's extraordinary modernisation began in earnest.
Estimated reading time (average reader): 16H38M24S
Other categories, genre or collection: Modern History To 20th Century: C 1700 To C 1900, Biography: Historical, Political & Military, Asian History, Historical Fiction
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