Sakamoro Ryoma and the Meiji Restoration Book

	Preface to the Morningside Edition
	Introduction
I	Sakamoto's Japan	3
1	The Tokugawa Setting	3
2	Tosa	20
3	Tosa at Mid-Century	36
II	The Response to the West	51
1	The Tokugawa Response	51
2	Reforms in Tosa	67
3	The Education of Sakamoto Ryoma	77
III	The Loyalist Years	93
1	The Shishi Type and Ideal	95
2	The Tosa Loyalist Party	104
3	The Shishi in National Politics	124
4	The Decline of Loyalist Extremism	137
IV	Service with Katsu	153
1	Katsu Rintaro	154
2	Sakamoto and Katsu	160
3	The Hyogo Naval Academy	166
4	The Dismissal of Katsu	178
V	The Satsuma-Choshu Alliance	185
1	Saigo Takamori and Satsuma	186
2	Nakaoka Shintaro and Choshu	195
3	From Shishi to Statesmen	204
4	The Alliance	211
VI	The Kaientai	223
1	The Attack in the Teradaya	224
2	The Second Choshu Expedition	232
3	Changes in Tosa	241
4	The Nagasaki Scene	252
5	Reinstatement and Support for the Kaientai	259
VII	The Eight-Point Program	271
1	The Advantage of Tosa Support	272
2	The Sogun Yoshinobu (Keiki)	278
3	The Kyoto Conference	286
4	Program for a New Government	294
5	The Icarus Affair	304
VIII	Restoration	312
1	Yodo's Petition to Keiki	312
2	Preparations for War	317
3	The End of the Bakufu	326
4	Sakamoto and the New Government	335
5	The Warriors Become Kami	342
IX	The Restoration in Tosa	347
1	The States of Response to the West	347
2	The Leaders and their Aims	355
3	The Problem of Class Interest	368
	Chronological Tables	379
	List of Works Cited	382
	A Note on Sources	389
	Biographical Notes	401
	Index	417