- Abdication of Shogun, 82
- Academies of Bakufu, 96
- Accumulation of specie, 291
- Ama-no-terasu, goddess, 11
- Ancient sword on Takachiho-miné, 203
- Ancient shrine in Hiuga, 203
- Adams, William, vi, 67, 68
- “Advance, Japan,” xv
- Adzuma ironclad, 302
- Aidzu clan, 25, 29, 84, 86
- Alcock, Sir Rutherford, xv, 16, 80
- Arisugawa, Prince Taruhito, 3, 4, 49
- Arisugawa, Prince Takehito, 4, 144
- “Ashigaru” rank, 66
- Ashikaga Shogunate, 55, 57
- Anglo-Japanese relations, 68, 80
- Attachment to throne, 6
- Attempt on Sir H. Parkes’ life, 32
- Awa bay, battle of, 30, 89, 300
- Awa, Count Katsu of, 29
- Awaji island, 11, 30
- Bakufu (Shogunate), 76, 77
- Bank of Japan established, 289
- Barons’ revenues, 61
- Barrosa, H.M.S., 122, 123
- Battle of Awa bay, 30, 89
- — Fushimi, 31
- — Shimonoseki, 123
- — Shinagawa, 90
- Biddle, Commodore, vii
- Biwa lake, 74
- Bizen men run amok, 32
- Bombardment of Kagoshima, 78
- Buddha (Daibutsu) at Kamakura, 55
- Buddhism, viii
- Cabinet, first, 140;
- changes, 45, 46
- “Charter oath,” 46
- Choshi, port, 97
- Choshiu clan, 16, 17, 69, 76, 79, 173, 175
- — defeated, 17
- — victorious, 174
- Clement, E. W., xv
- Cocks, Captain, 68
- Codes, civil and criminal, 44
- Columbus, 9
- Commodore Perry, 12
- Constitution promulgated, 135
- Coronation oath, 21
- Council, first, 28
- — of Local Governors, 45
- — Privy, 140
- Coup d’état at Kioto (1868), 28, 83
- Crown Prince, 49
- Dai-jo-dai-jin, 27
- Dakiu (polo), 94
- Decree on accession, imperial, 50
- Degrees of nobility, 139
- Deliberative assembly promised, 21
- Deshima, 68
- Diet, the, 45, 135
- Douglas, Admiral, 314
- Douglas, Sir R. K., xv
- Drill, foreign, 17
- Dual control, 19
- Dyer, Professor Henry, 133
- Early visitors to Japan, vi
- East India Company, 68
- Eclipse of Boston, vi
- Embassy under Prince Iwakura, 128, 131
- Emperor, personal name, 1;
- portrait (frontispiece);
- address to army and navy, 51;
- menage, 51;
- decree on accession, 50;
- grants Constitution, 44;
- at Hiroshima, 48;
- diligence, 51;
- sympathy, 52;
- Commander-in-chief, 52;
- education, 20;
- equestrianism, 20;
- poetry, 21, 52;
- coronation, 33;
- coif, 34, 36;
- first public appearance, 35;
- costume, 36;
- opens railway, 36;
- marriage, 34;
- magnanimity, 22, 25, 43;
- message to Diet, 47;
- reviews fleet, 311
- Emperor Komei, 1, 4, 75, 80
- — Ninko, 4, 103, 114
- Emperor yacht, 30, 89
- Empress Haruko, 1;
- marriage, 34;
- travels to Yedo, 34;
- first sees foreigners, 35;
- supports Red Cross Society, 48
- Enomoto, Admiral Viscount, 87;
- portrait, 299;
- aboard Kaiyo Maru, 300;
- Hakodate, 301;
- fight at Hakodate, 303;
- head of Colonisation Department, 304;
- makes treaty with Russia, 304;
- in Cabinet, 304
- “Eta,” 66
- Etajima naval college, 312
- Etiquette at Shogun’s Court, 95
- Expenditures reduced, 47
- Expulsion of foreigners, 19, 65, 69, 77
- Fillmore, President, 12
- Fire at palace, 38
- Foreign drill, 17
- Formosa expedition, 39, 40
- French graves at Moji, 123, 172
- Fudai rank, 62
- Fujita Toko, 97, 99, 100
- Fujiyama steamer, 30
- Fuki-age gardens, 34
- Fushimi, battle, 3, 31, 62, 86, 87
- Fukusawa, Yukichi, portrait, 268;
- founds Jiji Shimpo, 268;
- at Teppodzu, 269;
- teaches Dutch, learns English, 269;
- sails for America, 270;
- for Britain, 270;
- influence, 271;
- establishes his famous college, 271
- Gates, nine, of Kioto, 25
- Geisha, origin of, 55
- Geishiu province, 26
- Gen-ro-in Assembly, 45
- Gessho, priest, 205
- Giyobukiyo, Prince Keiki as, 82
- Glover & Company, 120
- Golownin visits Japan, vi
- Go-ro-ju Assembly, 94
- Goto, Shojiro, Count, 28, 32, 195;
- consulted by Shogun, 195;
- carries prince’s letter to him, 196;
- adviser to new Government, 197;
- defends Sir Harry Parkes, 198;
- sword from Queen Victoria, 200;
- active in field, 200;
- Cabinet with Sanjo, 200;
- visits Europe with Itagaki, 201;
- portrait, 195
- Graves of French sailors, 123, 172
- Gregorian calendar adopted, 36
- Hachiman temple, 54
- Hagi, 16, 120
- Hakodate, 13, 26
- Hama-go-ten palace, 35, 37
- “Hans’” liabilities, 285
- Harris, Mr Townsend, 13
- Haruko, Empress, 1, 34, 35, 48
- Hatamoto and Hatamochi, 66
- Hayashi, Jussai, 102
- Hayashi, Viscount Tadasu, xiv, 81, 125, 131, 187, 272
- Hearn, Lafcadio, xv
- Heiki, Tatewaki, 32
- Hemi village, 68
- Hibiya parade ground, 38
- Hidetada, Shogun, 58, 64, 67
- Hideyoshi, Shogun, 15, 58, 64
- Higashi Fushimi-no-miya, 86
- Higashi Kuze, Baron, 91
- Hikoné, 74
- “Hi-nin,” 66
- Hiogo, 14
- Hirado, 65, 67, 68
- Hirosé, Commander, 311
- Hiroshima, 2
- Hitotsubashi, Shogun (see under S)
- Hiuga, old shrine in, 203
- Hizen, 25, 69
- Hokkaido, 15
- Hostility to strangers, 19, 71
- Hotoké-Iwa, 64
- Ibaraki Ken, 97
- Idzu promontory, 13
- Ii-dani in Totomi, 74
- Ii Kamon-no-Kami, 63, 70-74, 98, 189, 204
- Imai, S., xv
- Imperial decree, 24
- “Imperial message,” the, 51
- Imperial oath, 146
- Industrial progress, 43
- Inland Sea, 9
- Inouye, Count Kaoru, ix, 28, 70, 121;
- military service, 170;
- on Barrosa, 171;
- at Shimonoseki, 173;
- arranges loan, 175;
- finance, 176, 178;
- foreign minister, 179;
- treaty revision, 179, 180;
- lord-in-waiting, 181;
- influence, 183;
- portrait, 170
- Interpreters, vii
- Inuboye, Cape, 97
- Itagaki, Count Taisuke, 28;
- portrait, 279;
- commands division, 279;
- Sangi, 280;
- organises Jiyuto, 281;
- urges grant Constitution, 281;
- wounded, 282;
- in Europe, 282;
- joins Okuma, 282
- Ito, Marquis Hirobumi, 28, 32, 45, 119, 121, 125, 129, 144, 147, 148, 150, 151, 153;
- portrait, 119
- Iwakura, Prince, 21, 28, 35, 128, 131, 152-162;
- portrait, 152
- Iwami province, 9
- Iwasaki, Baron, 139
- Iyemochi, Shogun, 15, 16, 18, 53, 71, 79
- Iyesada, Shogun, 15, 53, 69, 71
- Iyeyasu, Shogun, 12, 16, 58, 63, 67, 95
- Iyeyoshi, Shogun, 70
- Izanagi and Izanami myth, 11
- Jamisen, 56
- Jardine Matheson & Company, 120
- Jimmu Tenno, 9, 10, 202-203
- Jiyuto party, ix, 69, 71
- Jo-I party, ix, 69, 71
- Junks sail far, 68
- Kagoshima, xi, 15, 31, 23, 42, 43, 78
- Kai-koku, 69
- Kaiyo Maru frigate, 30, 31, 89, 299
- Kamakura, 54
- Kanagawa, 108
- Kanin, 3, 48
- Kasumi-ga-ura, 97
- Kato Takaaki, Mr., 144
- Katsu, Awa-no-kami, Count, 29
- Katsura, General, 3, 144
- Kawaguchi, 87
- Kawamura, Admiral, 43
- Kazu, Princess, 75
- Keiki, Prince Tokugawa, 18, 23, 53, 81, 85
- Kiang-Su, 30
- Kido, Marquis Koin, 28, 99, 273-278
- Kioto, 10, 14, 31, 43
- Kiri-shima-yama, 203
- Kishiu, 59
- Kita Shirakawa, Prince, 7, 49
- Knighthood of Japan, 66
- Kobé, 14, 78, 125
- Komatsu of Satsuma, 28
- Komatsu, Prince, 49
- Komei, Emperor, 1, 4, 14, 16, 19, 75, 80
- “Ko-mon,” 62
- Konoye, Emperor, 54
- Kublai Khan invades Japan, 55
- Korea, 41
- Kowshing, 307
- Kubota Sentaro, 80
- Kuge, Court nobles, 21
- Kujo, Prince, 1
- Kumagé, in Choshiu, 119
- Kunozan, Mount, 63
- Kuper, Admiral, 23, 78
- Kuroda family, 59
- — Count, 141
- Lancashire Fusiliers, 81
- Liao-tung, convention, 142
- — evacuation, 143
- Lighthouses, 133
- Li Hung Chang, 142
- London police, 87
- Loo-Choo isles, 56
- Lotus steamer, 30
- Maizuru, 308
- Manchuria, 2
- Marco Polo, 3, 8
- Massacre at Sakai, 31, 32
- — of Christians, 65
- Matsudaira, 58, 59
- Matsukata, Count, xv, 284-297
- Matsushiro, 101
- Matsushita, 114
- Mexico, junks sail to, 68
- Mendez, Pinto, 9, 58
- Mikado, title explained, 2
- Mikawa, 58
- Minamoto, 54, 58
- Mint established, 285
- Mitford (Lord Redesdale), 16, 80
- Mito clan, Mito town, 53, 59, 60, 71, 81, 97
- Mori, Baron, xii, 16, 17, 75, 114, 122, 173, 275
- Mutsuhito, Emperor, xiii, 1, 18, 22, 24, 25, 33, 34, 92
- Nafa, 56
- Nagasaki, 13
- Nakai Kozo, 32
- Naosuke, Ii Kamon-no-kami, 70
- Nariaki, Prince of Mito, 71, 81, 98
- National Assembly decreed, 45
- Nijo Castle, Kioto, 28, 95
- Nikko shrines, 58, 63, 95
- Ninko, Emperor, 4, 103, 114
- Ninnaji-no-miya, 86, 92
- Oiso, 151
- Okubo, Viscount, 28, 75, 184-194
- Okuma, Count, xiv, 28, 246-254
- Oriental Banking Corporation, 175
- Osaka, 24
- Osaka Mainichi Shimbun, xv
- Otori Keisuke, Baron, 27, 33
- Owari, 59
- Oyama, Marquis, 255-267
- Parkes, Sir Harry, 16, 22, 31, 80, 87, 91
- Peace treaties, 142
- Personal name of Emperor, 1
- Phaeton cruiser, vi
- Pinto, Mendez, 9, 58
- Polo (dakiu), 20, 94
- Port Arthur, 143, 309-311
- Ports closed, 65
- Portuguese, arrival of, 57, 67
- Prince Higashi Fushimi, 48, 86
- — Komatsu, 49
- — Kita Shirakawa, 7, 49
- — Kujo, 1
- — Sanjo Sanetomi, 21, 28, 163-169
- — Shimadzu Saburo, 15, 22, 28
- — Yoshi-hito, 1, 49
- Princess Sadako, 1
- — Kazu, 75
- Privy Council, 141
- Public Works Department, 133
- Railway, first opened, 47
- Ranks of Samurai, 66
- Rebellion in Satsuma, 42
- Redesdale, Lord, 16, 80
- Reed, Sir E., xvi
- Regent (Tairo), 70
- Religions, 57
- Resanoff, vi
- Revenues of barons, 60, 61
- Rice, State trade in, 290
- Richardson killed, ix, x
- Roches, M., 31
- Rome, Church of, 58
- “Ro-nins,” 70
- Russia and Liao-tung, 143
- Sa-dai-jin, 28, 39
- Sadako, Crown Princess, 1
- Saga insurrection, 41
- Saigo, Marshal Takamori, 25, 28, 42, 66, 75, 86, 99, 202-217
- — Marquis, 39
- Sa-in, 44
- Saitama Ken, 316
- Sakai massacre, 31, 32
- Sakuma Shozan, v, 12, 101-115
- Sakurada gate, 70
- Samurai principles, 66
- Sanjo Sanetomi, Prince, 21, 35, 163-169
- Saris, Captain John, vi, 67
- Sato Issai, 102
- Satow, Sir Ernest, 16, 31, 80
- Satsuma, clansmen, 22, 39, 41, 69
- — rebellion, 42, 66, 78, 79
- — allied with Choshiu, 69
- Scotland sunk, 30
- Sei-yu-kai, 145, 283
- Sekku festivals, 73
- Senate, 44
- Shantung, 2
- Shibusawa, Baron, 315-324
- Shidzuoka, 24, 67, 92, 93
- Shikishima, 5
- Shimabara, 65
- Shimadzu Saburo, Prince, 15, 22, 28, 39, 75, 207
- Shimidzu, 64
- Shimoda, 13, 108
- Shimonoseki, x, 76, 123
- Shin-Cho-gumi, 90
- Shinnō, 3
- Shintoism, viii, 6, 7
- Shogun, Tokugawa Keiki, 12, 18, 22, 25, 28, 31, 54, 71, 75, 82, 85, 88, 90, 93, 94, 95
- Shogunate Embassy, 78
- — troops, 81
- Sho-in, 44
- Shrines, 8
- Siebold, Von, vi
- Silk culture, 316
- Suruga, 24, 92, 93
- Suyematsu, Baron, xv, 144
- Tairo (Regent), 70
- Takachiho peak, sword on, 202
- Takanawa Legation, 70
- Takasugi, 119
- Tayasu house, 93
- Telegraphs established, 38
- Temmacho prison, 118
- Tempo-san, 30, 87
- Tenno, 1, 5
- — Jimmu, 9
- Ten-shi, 1
- Throne, attachment to, 6
- Togo, Admiral Heihachi, 306-314
- Tokugawa, Prince Keiki, vi, 16, 18, 53, 60, 76, 77
- — Prince Iyesato, 24, 93
- Toné river, 97
- Tosa, 25, 69, 82, 110
- To-sama, 62
- Treaty, British, 14
- — Elgin, 14
- — first, 13
- Treaties disliked, 19
- Tsu deserters, 63, 87
- Tsuboi Shindo, 102
- Tsugaru straits, 25
- Tsukiji, 35
- Tsurumi murder, x, 77
- “Tycoon,” 24, 53, 92, 95, 103
- U-dai-jin, 28
- Uraga, 11, 70, 116
- Utsunomiya, 33
- Uyeno, 43, 92
- Victoria, Queen, decorates Goto and Nakai, 32
- Wakamatsu, 26
- Wakayama, 60
- Watanabe Kazan, 102
- “What will Japan do?” xv
- Willis, Dr., 31, 88
- Worcester, H.M.S., Togo in, 307
- Xavier, Francisco, 9
- Yamagata, Marshal Marquis, 18, 29, 76, 219-245
- Yamamoto, Admiral, 144
- Yamao Yozo, Viscount, 119
- Yamato, 9
- Yanagawa Seigan, 102
- Yashikis, 54, 59, 79
- Yedo, 14, 29, 69, 80, 94
- Yeddo steamer explodes, 37
- Yenomoto, Admiral. See Enomoto
- Yeso, 15, 27
- Yeto Shimpei, 41
- Yodo, Prince of Tosa, 83
- — river, 86
- Yokohama, 14
- Yoritomo, Shogun, 54
- Yoshida Torajiro, v, 12, 114, 117
- Yoshi-hito, Crown Prince, 1
- Yoshinobu Hitotsubashi. See Shogun
- “Zipangu,” 67
- Zozoji temple, 64
About This Book
The work traces Japan's transformation from enforced seclusion under the Tokugawa shogunate to rapid modernization after the arrival of Western powers, focusing on early reformers who advocated Western learning and imperial restoration, the diplomatic contacts that preceded formal opening, and the political struggles between exclusionist and opening factions. It examines cultural shifts including a revival of Confucian study, the resurgence of Shinto at Buddhism's expense, and the practical role of interpreters and foreign influence in science, trade, and naval encounters, while profiling key figures and incidents that propelled the nation's political and social reconstruction.