The Awakening of Japan
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He was a loyal daimio of the old type, ready to carry out the wishes of his liege through fire or water. Descended from the greatest general among the forces of lyeyasu, his traditional loy- alty rebelled at the encroachments of the Kioto court and the daimios upon the time-honored prestige of the Toku- gawas. To him the question of suc- cession to the shogunate was purely a family_jD[iQi^er^^(o^^ to k v ^ i'^ settle, and one in which no one else had 181 THE AWAKENING OF JAPAN any right to inte...rfere. To him, the signing of treaties with foreign nations was well within the prerogatiYe in- trusted to the Shogun from ancient days, and it was a mistake to have ever consulted the court nobles or the dai- mios about it. He recognized the fact that the country was imdergoing a crisis, but believed that with firmness the authority of the Tokugawas could again be made thoroughly 4mtocratic. It was with tiiis determination that, in the summer of 1858, he answered the sum- mons of the dying Shogun, who had been urged to send for him by the ladies of Yedo Castle.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
He was a loyal daimio of the old type, ready to carry out the wishes of his liege through fire or water. Descended from the greatest general among the forces of lyeyasu, his traditional loy- alty rebelled at the encroachments of the Kioto court and the daimios upon the time-honored prestige of the Toku- gawas. To him the question of suc- cession to the shogunate was purely a family_jD[iQi^er^^(o^^ to k v ^ i'^ settle, and one in which no one else had 181 THE AWAKENING OF JAPAN any right to inte...rfere. To him, the signing of treaties with foreign nations was well within the prerogatiYe in- trusted to the Shogun from ancient days, and it was a mistake to have ever consulted the court nobles or the dai- mios about it. He recognized the fact that the country was imdergoing a crisis, but believed that with firmness the authority of the Tokugawas could again be made thoroughly 4mtocratic. It was with tiiis determination that, in the summer of 1858, he answered the sum- mons of the dying Shogun, who had been urged to send for him by the ladies of Yedo Castle.
What to read after The Awakening of Japan?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Okakura Kakuzo to read onlineMoreLess
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