French Policy in Japan During the Closing Years of the Tokugawa Regime

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Harvard Univ Asia Center, 1971 - History - 245 pages
Preliminary Material -- France and Japan before 1858 -- The Mission of Baron Gros -- Foundation of French Policy in Japan -- The Japanese Mission to Europe, 1862 -- Years of Crisis, 1862 and 1863 -- Franco-Japanese Commercial Relations 1859-1863 -- The Ikeda Mission -- Léon Roches and the New French Policy -- First Anglo-French Differences -- Commercial Relations 1864-1867 -- The Yokosuka Arsenal -- Military Assistance -- Roches and Tokugawa Keiki -- The Meiji Restoration and the Failure of Roches's Policy -- Aftermath -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Harvard East Asian Monographs.
 

Contents

Acknowledgements xi
1
The Mission of Baron Gros
15
Military Assistance
125
Roches and Tokugawa Keiki
134
The Meiji Restoration and the Failure of Rochess Policy
144
Aftermath
164
Conclusion
175
Notes
183
Bibliography
229
Index
241
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