Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Frontispiece
- Colophon
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- A DIPLOMAT IN JAPAN
- CHAPTER I APPOINTMENT AS STUDENT INTERPRETER AT YEDO
- CHAPTER II YOKOHAMA SOCIETY, OFFICIAL AND UNOFFICIAL
- CHAPTER III POLITICAL CONDITIONS IN JAPAN
- CHAPTER IV TREATIES—ANTI-FOREIGN SPIRIT—MURDER OF FOREIGNERS
- CHAPTER V RICHARDSON'S MURDER—JAPANESE STUDIES
- CHAPTER VI OFFICIAL VISIT TO YEDO
- CHAPTER VII DEMANDS FOR REPARATION—JAPANESE PROPOSALS TO CLOSE THE PORTS—PAYMENT OF THE INDEMNITY
- CHAPTER VIII BOMBARDMENT OF KAGOSHIMA
- CHAPTER IX SHIMONOSEKI: PRELIMINARY MEASURES
- CHAPTER X SHIMONOSEKI—NAVAL OPERATIONS
- CHAPTER XI SHIMONOSEKI—PEACE CONCLUDED WITH CHOSHIU
- CHAPTER XII THE MURDER OF BIRD AND BALDWIN
- CHAPTER XIII RATIFICATION OF THE TREATIES BY THE MIKADO
- CHAPTER XIV GREAT FIRE AT YOKOHAMA
- CHAPTER XV VISIT TO KAGOSHIMA AND UWAJIMA
- CHAPTER XVI FIRST VISIT TO OZAKA
- CHAPTER XVII RECEPTION OF FOREIGN MINISTERS BY THE TYCOON
- CHAPTER XVIII OVERLAND FROM OZAKA TO YEDO
- CHAPTER XIX SOCIAL INTERCOURSE WITH JAPANESE OFFICIALS—VISIT TO NIIGATA, SADO GOLD MINES, AND NANAO
- CHAPTER XX NANAO TO OZAKA OVERLAND
- CHAPTER XXI OZAKA AND TOKUSHIMA
- CHAPTER XXII TOSA AND NAGASAKI
- CHAPTER XXIII DOWNFALL OF THE SHOGUNATE
- CHAPTER XXIV OUTBREAK OF CIVIL WAR(1868)
- CHAPTER XXV HOSTILITIES BEGUN AT YEDO AND FUSHIMI
- CHAPTER XXVI THE BIZEN AFFAIR
- CHAPTER XXVII FIRST VISIT TO KIOTO
- CHAPTER XXVIII HARAKIRI—NEGOTIATIONS FOR AUDIENCE OF THE MIKADO AT KIOTO
- CHAPTER XXIX MASSACRE OF FRENCH SAILORS AT SAKAI
- CHAPTER XXX KIOTO—AUDIENCE OF THE MIKADO
- CHAPTER XXXI RETURN TO YEDO AND PRESENTATION OF THE MINISTER'S NEW CREDENTIALS AT OZAKA
- CHAPTER XXXII MISCELLANEOUS INCIDENTS—MITO POLITICS
- CHAPTER XXXIII CAPTURE OF WAKAMATSU AND ENTRY OF THE MIKADO INTO YEDO
- CHAPTER XXXIV ENOMOTO WITH THE RUNAWAY TOKUGAWA SHIPS SEIZES YEZO
- CHAPTER XXXV 1869—AUDIENCE OF THE MIKADO AT YEDO
- CHAPTER XXXVI LAST DAYS IN TOKIO AND DEPARTURE FOR HOME
- GLOSSARY OF JAPANESE WORDS
- INDEX
CHAPTER XII - THE MURDER OF BIRD AND BALDWIN
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2015
- Frontmatter
- Frontispiece
- Colophon
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- A DIPLOMAT IN JAPAN
- CHAPTER I APPOINTMENT AS STUDENT INTERPRETER AT YEDO
- CHAPTER II YOKOHAMA SOCIETY, OFFICIAL AND UNOFFICIAL
- CHAPTER III POLITICAL CONDITIONS IN JAPAN
- CHAPTER IV TREATIES—ANTI-FOREIGN SPIRIT—MURDER OF FOREIGNERS
- CHAPTER V RICHARDSON'S MURDER—JAPANESE STUDIES
- CHAPTER VI OFFICIAL VISIT TO YEDO
- CHAPTER VII DEMANDS FOR REPARATION—JAPANESE PROPOSALS TO CLOSE THE PORTS—PAYMENT OF THE INDEMNITY
- CHAPTER VIII BOMBARDMENT OF KAGOSHIMA
- CHAPTER IX SHIMONOSEKI: PRELIMINARY MEASURES
- CHAPTER X SHIMONOSEKI—NAVAL OPERATIONS
- CHAPTER XI SHIMONOSEKI—PEACE CONCLUDED WITH CHOSHIU
- CHAPTER XII THE MURDER OF BIRD AND BALDWIN
- CHAPTER XIII RATIFICATION OF THE TREATIES BY THE MIKADO
- CHAPTER XIV GREAT FIRE AT YOKOHAMA
- CHAPTER XV VISIT TO KAGOSHIMA AND UWAJIMA
- CHAPTER XVI FIRST VISIT TO OZAKA
- CHAPTER XVII RECEPTION OF FOREIGN MINISTERS BY THE TYCOON
- CHAPTER XVIII OVERLAND FROM OZAKA TO YEDO
- CHAPTER XIX SOCIAL INTERCOURSE WITH JAPANESE OFFICIALS—VISIT TO NIIGATA, SADO GOLD MINES, AND NANAO
- CHAPTER XX NANAO TO OZAKA OVERLAND
- CHAPTER XXI OZAKA AND TOKUSHIMA
- CHAPTER XXII TOSA AND NAGASAKI
- CHAPTER XXIII DOWNFALL OF THE SHOGUNATE
- CHAPTER XXIV OUTBREAK OF CIVIL WAR(1868)
- CHAPTER XXV HOSTILITIES BEGUN AT YEDO AND FUSHIMI
- CHAPTER XXVI THE BIZEN AFFAIR
- CHAPTER XXVII FIRST VISIT TO KIOTO
- CHAPTER XXVIII HARAKIRI—NEGOTIATIONS FOR AUDIENCE OF THE MIKADO AT KIOTO
- CHAPTER XXIX MASSACRE OF FRENCH SAILORS AT SAKAI
- CHAPTER XXX KIOTO—AUDIENCE OF THE MIKADO
- CHAPTER XXXI RETURN TO YEDO AND PRESENTATION OF THE MINISTER'S NEW CREDENTIALS AT OZAKA
- CHAPTER XXXII MISCELLANEOUS INCIDENTS—MITO POLITICS
- CHAPTER XXXIII CAPTURE OF WAKAMATSU AND ENTRY OF THE MIKADO INTO YEDO
- CHAPTER XXXIV ENOMOTO WITH THE RUNAWAY TOKUGAWA SHIPS SEIZES YEZO
- CHAPTER XXXV 1869—AUDIENCE OF THE MIKADO AT YEDO
- CHAPTER XXXVI LAST DAYS IN TOKIO AND DEPARTURE FOR HOME
- GLOSSARY OF JAPANESE WORDS
- INDEX
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- A Diplomat in JapanThe Inner History of the Critical Years in the Evolution of Japan When the Ports Were Opened and the Monarchy Restored, pp. 134 - 140Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015First published in: 1921