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Index
Cover
Contents
Note on Dates, Names, Romanization and Pronunciation
Preface
Introduction
Samurai Revolution
Bushidō
Preserving the Tokugawa Hegemony
The Samurai’s Burden on Society
Mitoism and Imperial Loyalism
Early Advocates of Modernism
Lord Nariaki’s Reactionaryism
The Crisis Sparked by Perry
The Existential Crisis and Rediscovered Purpose of the Samurai
PART I
The Assassination of Ii Naosuké and the Beginning of the End of the Tokugawa Bakufu
1
The Background of the Assassination of Ii Naosuké
“Open the Country” vs. “Imperial Reverence and Expel the Barbarians”
Rivalry Within the Tokugawa Camp
2
The Conspiracy to Assassinate Ii Naosuké
Ii Naosuké’s Political Courage
Ii Naosuké Cracks Down On His Enemies
Turmoil Within Mito
Satsuma
Assassination Plan Finalized
3
The Assassination of Ii Naosuké
PART II
The Rise and Fall of Takéchi Hanpeita and the Tosa Loyalist Party
4
The Gap
Satsuma, Chōshū, and Tosa
The Brazen Lord of Tosa
Discriminatory Tosa Class Structure
5
Takéchi Hanpeita and His Tosa Loyalist Party
Loyalist Ideology
Tosa Loyalist Party
Union of Court and Camp
Takéchi’s Star Rises
6
The Assassination of Yoshida Tōyō
Yoshida’s High-Handed Ways
Takéchi Clashes with Yoshida
Ryōma as Takéchi’s Envoy to Chōshū
Murders of Foreigners
Incident Outside Sakashita-mon
Sakamoto Ryōma Flees Tosa
The Assassination of Yoshida Tōyō
7
“Divine Punishment”
The Three “Man-Cutters”
Izō’s Background
Tanaka’s Background
Loyalists Misread Hisamitsu’s Intent
Hisamitsu Forces Reform at Edo
Satsuma-Chōshū Rivalry
Not to Be Outdone by Satsuma and Chōshū
Shimada Sakon: The First Victim of “Divine Punishment” in Kyōto
The Assassination of Inoué Saichirō: Izō’s First Kill
Takéchi’s Power Grows
The Assassination of Honma Seiichirō: Takéchi’s First “Divine Punishment”
Assassination of Ugō Shigékuni
Assassination of “Bunkichi the Monkey”
Murders at Ishibé
Second Imperial Mission to Edo
8
Lord Yōdō’s Comeback
Imperial Mission Successful
Lord Yōdō’s Displeasure
“Divine Punishment” of a Mother and Son
Yōdō Angered by His Vassals’ Impropriety
Yōdō Infuriated by Terrorist Tactics
Terrorist Tactics Work
Failed Talks in Kyōto
Chōshū Fires on Foreign Ships
9
The Assassination of Anégakōji Kintomo
10
Lord Yōdō’s Crackdown
Three Tosa Loyalists Ordered to Commit Seppuku
The Coup of 8/18 and the Beginning of the End of Jōi
Takéchi Hanpeita’s Arrest
11
In Prison (1)
Languishing
The Interrogations Begin
Izō Returns
12
The Failed Rebellions of Chōshū and Mito
The Ikédaya Incident
Incident at the Forbidden Gates
The Mito Rebels Self-Destruct
13
In Prison (2)
Takéchi’s Self-portraits
Slaughter on the Riverbed
The Problem of Izō
Takéchi’s Interrogation Continues Under a New Guise
Torture
“Oh, how I hate this world”
National Events and Developments
14
The Stoicism of a Samurai: Takéchi Hanpeita’s Death
The Sentences are Handed Down
Takéchi’s Seppuku19
PART III
The Assassination of Sakamoto Ryōma
15
Ryōma’s Greatest Achievements
Japan’s First Trading Company
Satsuma-Chōshū Alliance
Plan for Peaceful Restoration of Imperial Rule
16
The Motives
The Question of Satsuma’s Complicity
17
Unsolved Mystery—To a Certain Extent
18
The Assassins
Sasaki Tadasaburō
Imai Nobuo and Watanabé Atsushi
Origin of the Order to Kill Ryōma
19
The Attack
20
The Aftermath
Shinsengumi Suspected
The Tenmaya Incident
21
Civil War
Coup d’État
Fighting at Toba and Fushimi
Sasaki’s Death
Rebellion
22
“The Man Who Killed Sakamoto Ryōma”
Epilogue: The Second Existential Crisis of the Samurai Class
Glossary
People
Feudal Domains
Japanese Terms
Era Names and Dates
Chapter Notes
Abbreviations of Sources
Introduction
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Epilogue
Bibliography
Primary Sources
Secondary Sources
List of Names and Terms
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