A01=Andrew Cobbing
Author_Andrew Cobbing
authorities
Bakufu Government
Bakufu Mission
Bakufu Officials
bayswater
Bayswater Road
British Empire influence
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Category=JB
Category=JP
cross-cultural exchange
domain
Early Meiji Years
edo
Enomoto Takeaki
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Exposition Universelle
Fukoku Kyohei
Held
hotel
Inoue Masaru
international student migration
Japanese educational reform
Japanese modernisation history
kensington
Meiji Restoration studies
Mori Arinori
nariakira
nineteenth century samurai
Overseas Expedition
road
Satsu Ma
Satsuma
Satsuma Authorities
Satsuma Domain
Satsuma Officers
Satsuma Students
shimazu
Shimazu Family
Shimazu Hisamitsu
Shimazu Nariakira
south
South Kensington Hotel
Takasugi Shinsaku
Yoshida Kiyonari
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9781138981287
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 26 Nov 2015
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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In the spring of 1865, when Japan was in the grip of a major civil war, eighteen samurai and an interpreter risked their lives to embark secretly on a voyage to the unknown lands of the barbarian west. Their destination was Britain - at the hub of a vast empire. These were the Satsuma students, some of them still in their teens, all carrying orders from their domains to travel abroad. It was an extraordinary and daring expedition. Their experience of life in the west not only transformed their perception of the outside world, but through their diverse activities in later life, had a profound impact on commerce, education and culture in Meiji Japan. First published in 1974, Inuzuka Takaaki's study is still the classic work on the Satsuma students' revealing tale of discovery. In this translation by Andrew Cobbing, further details that have since emerged are also included to give a fresh portrayal, the first in English, of this singular episode in the opening of Japan.
