Meiji Culture by Daikichi Irokawa, Dreams of Youth in Meiji, The Miracle of Meiji, The Nation Called "Meiji" "The Miracle of Meiji: Visiting an Era of Glory" Kiku Saraki Price: ¥1300 Cover sleeve taped, one corner of the text has a fold mark. Meiji is not merely a historical period. It can be called a "miraculous" era that built a modern, centralized nation from a samurai society. From the Imperial Restoration to the Boshin War, the Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese Wars, as well as the Tomioka Silk Mill, railway construction, and the Imperial Rescript on Education... The author portrays the spirit of the Meiji people, featuring not only famous figures like Hirobumi Ito and Yoshiko Akiyama, but also samurai who lost their jobs due to the abolition of the feudal domains and a female teacher who risked her life to report on the situation in Inner Mongolia. And about Meiji, the author concludes, "For the people of Meiji (omitted) it was unthinkable without the personality and authority of Emperor Meiji." "The Nation Called "Meiji" - Popular Edition Ryotaro Shiba "Meiji" possessed a pure and transparent sense of "public" and moral tension. It speaks of the legacy of the Meiji nation, a universal human heritage. This is a lifetime work of a master on Japanese civilization and a vivid discussion of the Japanese people. - This book is where Ryotaro Shiba, who has consistently written the most vivid history of the Japanese people, pours all of his accumulated knowledge into objectively describing the "Meiji nation," which has disappeared into the distance like a mirage, as if looking at an object on a desk. Dreams of Youth in Meiji: Diaries of Innovative Actors, Asahi Selection Shin Shimoka This book, published as part of the "Asahi Selection," focuses on the youthful figures and innovative actions of eight people from Tosa (Kochi Prefecture), including Yataro Iwasaki, the founder of Mitsubishi, thinkers Eishin Ueki, Shusui Kotoku, and journalist Reizun Taoka, through their diaries during the dawn of modern Japan. Meiji Culture, Japanese Historical Series, Iwanami Shoten Daikichi Irokawa Box has sun-fading and stains, date written on the back endpaper, no writing in the text. What does Meiji culture ask of the present? What kind of era was Meiji? Focusing on the ideas of the common people at the base, and using original historical materials excavated by himself, the author depicts the overall picture of Meiji culture, which is subject to conflicting evaluations, within the dynamism of history. This is a representative work by the author, who revolutionized the image of modern Japan through the method of the history of popular thought.