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Meiji Restoration Losers - Memory and Tokugawa Supporters in Modern Japan (Hardcover)
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Meiji Restoration Losers - Memory and Tokugawa Supporters in Modern Japan (Hardcover)
Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs
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This book is about the "losers" of the Meiji Restoration and the
supporters who promoted their legacy. Although the violence of the
Meiji Restoration is typically downplayed, the trauma was real, and
those who felt marginalized from the mainstream throughout modern
Japan looked to these losers as models of action. Using a wide
range of sources, from essays by former Tokugawa supporters like
Fukuzawa Yukichi to postwar film and "lost decade" manga, Michael
Wert traces the shifting portrayals of Restoration losers. By
highlighting the overlooked sites of memory such as legends about
buried gold, the awarding of posthumous court rank, or fighting
over a disembodied head, Wert illustrates how the process of
commemoration and rehabilitation allows individuals a voice in the
formation of national history. He argues that the commingling of
local memory activists and nationally-known politicians, academics,
writers, and treasure hunters formed interconnecting memory
landscapes that promoted local figures as potential heroes in
modern Japan.
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