Saigo Takamori - the Man Behind

Name: Saigo Takamori - the Man Behind
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ISBN: 9780203038536

ISBN-10: 0203038533

ISBN-13: 9780203038536

Edition: 1995

Authors: Yates

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This is the first real biography, in English or Japanese, of Saigo Takamori - "the last Samurai" - the great hero of Meiji Japan. It is impossible to over-estimate Saigo's importance, both during the pivotal Meiji period and today. A samurai from Kagoshima, Saigo played a major role during the Meiji Restoration, then died in 1877 while involved in a samurai rebellion against the government he had done so much to create. He remains today among Japan's most beloved national heroes, and is universally believed to embody the very essence of what it means to be Japanese. As the Japanese themselves say to foreigners - "Understand Saigo and you will understand Japan". Yet for one so firmly fixed…

Book details

List price: $52.95
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 10/12/2012
Pages: 250
Language: English