Driven by the need to identify, classify and assess western
technology and culture together with a desire to advance a dialogue
for reviewing the so-called 'unequal treaties' - the new Meiji
government of 1868 despatched a top-level ministerial team to the
west which, in 1872, arrived in the United States. In all, they
spent 205 days in America, 122 days in Britain and two months in
France, as well as visiting other countries including Belgium,
Germany, Russia, Sweden and Italy.
Drawing on the papers given at the triennial conference of the
European Association of Japanese Studies, held in Budapest in
August 1997 (the year also marking the 125th anniversary of
Iwakura's arrival), this volume presents a valuable new overview of
the mission as a whole, with the significance and impact of the
visit to each country being separately assessed. A supplement to
the book looks at several 'post-Iwakura' topics, including a review
of the mission's chief chronicler, Kume Kunitake.
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