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Meiji Restoration Losers: Memory and Tokugawa Supporters in Modern Japan

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By (author): Michael Wert

This book is about the losers of the Meiji Restoration and the supporters who promoted their legacy. Although the violence of the Meiji Restoration is typically downplayed, the trauma was real, and those who felt marginalized from the mainstream throughout modern Japan looked to these losers as models of action.

Using a wide range of sources, from essays by former Tokugawa supporters like Fukuzawa Yukichi to postwar film and lost decade manga, Michael Wert traces the shifting portrayals of Restoration losers. By highlighting the overlooked sites of memory such as legends about buried gold, the awarding of posthumous court rank, or fighting over a disembodied head, Wert illustrates how the process of commemoration and rehabilitation allows individuals a voice in the formation of national history. He argues that the commingling of local memory activists and nationally-known politicians, academics, writers, and treasure hunters formed interconnecting memory landscapes that promoted local figures as potential heroes in modern Japan.

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Product Details
  • Weight: 499g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 16 Dec 2013
  • Publisher: Harvard University Asia Center
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780674726703

About Michael Wert

Michael Wert is Associate Professor of East Asian History at Marquette University.

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