Meiji Restoration Losers Memory and Tokugawa Supporters in Modern Japan - Harvard East Asian Monographs

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.

ISBN:	9780674251236
Publisher:	Harvard University Press
Imprint:	Harvard University Asia Center
Published date:	09 Feb 2021
DEWEY:	952.025072
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	240
Weight:	324g
Height:	152mm
Width:	227mm
Spine width:	24mm

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