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00:00 Introduction
04:20 The End of the Beginning
10:31 Japan Meets The World
18:00 Business Opportunities
20:33 Meat
24:57 Upgrading The Military
30:22 Rebellion
37:11 Big in the West
44:36 Climbing the Ladder
48:15 Tension with the West
52:58 The First Rank of Nations
Written by Thomas Lockley.
Check out his book on Yasuke: amazon.com/-/es/Geoffrey-Girard/dp/1335044981/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=yasuke&qid=1615050333&sr=8-1
Edited and narrated by David Kelly.
Art by Matthew Cartwright.
— Music courtesy of:-
Epidemic Sound
Artlist.io
Bibliography:
Beasley, William. 1995. Japan Encounters the Barbarian. Japanese Travellers in America
and Europe. New Haven and London: Yale University Press.
Bird, Isabella. 2006. Unbeaten Tracks in Japan. Saitama: Japan and Stuff Press.
Checkland, Olive. 2003. Japan and Britain after 1859 – Creating Cultural Bridges. London
and New York: Routledge.
Cwiertka, Katarzyna. 2006. Modern Japanese Cuisine. Food, Power and National Identity.
London: Reaktion Books.
De Coningh, Assendelft. 2012. A Pioneer in Yokohama. A Dutchman’s Adventures in the
New Treaty Port. Indianapolis and Cambridge: Hackett Publishing.
Downer, Lesley. 2003. Madame Sadayakko. The Geisha who Bewitched the West. New York:
Gotham Books.
Esposito, Gabriele. 2020. Japanese Armies 1868-1877. Oxford: Osprey Publishing.
Fukuzawa, Yukichi and Kiyooka, Eiichi (tr.) 1966. The Autobiography of Yukichi Fukuzawa.
New York: Columbia University Press.
Gardiner, Michael. 2007. At the Edge of Empire. The Life of Thomas Blake Glover.
Edinburgh: Birlinn.
Hillsborough, Romulus. 2005. Shinsengumi. The Shogun's Last Samurai Corps. Tokyo, Rutland, and Singapore: Tuttle.
Jacob, Frank. 2014. Japanism, Pan-Asianism and Terrorism. A Short History of the Amur
Society (The Black Dragons) 1901-1945.
Bethesda, Dublin and Palo Alto: Academica.
Jansen, Marius. 1994. Sakamoto Ryoma and the Meiji Restoration. New York: Columbia
University Press.
Jansen, Marius. 2000. The Making of Modern Japan. Cambridge, MA and London: The
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
Koyama, Noboru. 2007. Japanese Tattooists and the British Royal Family during the Meiji
Period, in Britain and Japan Biographical Portraits Volume VI (Hugh Cortazzi ed.) Folkestone: Global Oriental.
Kokaze, Hidemasa. 2011. ‘The Political Space of Meiji 22 (1889): The Promulgation of the
Constitution and the Birth of the Nation.’ Japan Review, 23, 119-41.
Lloyd, Arthur. 1905. Admiral Togo. Tokyo: Kinkodo.
McArthur, Ian. 2013. Henry Black. On Stage in Meiji Japan. Victoria: Monash University.
Mihalopoulos, Bill. 2011. Sx in Japan’s Globalization, 1870-1930. London and New York:
Routledge.
Nakae, Chomin, and Tsuki, Nobuko (tr.) 1999. A Discourse by Three Drunkards on
Government. New York and Tokyo: Weatherhill.
Nimura, Janice. 2015. Daughters of the Samurai. A Journey from East to West and Back. New York and London: W. W. Norton and Company.
Swale, Alistair. 2000. The Political Thought of Mori Arinori. A Study in Meiji Conservatism. Richmond: Japan Library.
Wilson, George. 1992. Patriots and Redeemers in Japan. Motives in the Meiji Restoration.
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
Image credits:
Treaty of Portsmouth By World Imaging - Own work, photographed at Japan Foreign Ministry archives, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12769311
Allegory of inflation PHGCOM, pre-1868 anonymous Japanese artist, CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Hakodate Castle By 京浜にけ at Japanese Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28217497
Imperial Palace Moat By Kakidai - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18542305
内閣府, CC BY 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Utagawa Image By Rawpixel - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75372106
Treaty By World Imaging - Own work, photographed at Japan Foreign Ministry Archives, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12765184
High School Class By takato marui from Osaka, Japan - 神奈川工業高校, CC BY-SA 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6496517
We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit.
Get your special offer for MagellanTV here: try.magellantv.com/voicesofthepast. It's an exclusive offer for our viewers! Start your free trial today. MagellanTV is a new kind of streaming service run by filmmakers with 3,000+ documentaries! Check out our personal recommendation and MagellanTV’s exclusive playlists: magellantv.com/explore/history
--------------
00:00 Introduction
04:20 The End of the Beginning
10:31 Japan Meets The World
18:00 Business Opportunities
20:33 Meat
24:57 Upgrading The Military
30:22 Rebellion
37:11 Big in the West
44:36 Climbing the Ladder
48:15 Tension with the West
52:58 The First Rank of Nations
Written by Thomas Lockley.
Check out his book on Yasuke: amazon.com/-/es/Geoffrey-Girard/dp/1335044981/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=yasuke&qid=1615050333&sr=8-1
Edited and narrated by David Kelly.
Art by Matthew Cartwright.
— Music courtesy of:-
Epidemic Sound
Artlist.io
Bibliography:
Beasley, William. 1995. Japan Encounters the Barbarian. Japanese Travellers in America
and Europe. New Haven and London: Yale University Press.
Bird, Isabella. 2006. Unbeaten Tracks in Japan. Saitama: Japan and Stuff Press.
Checkland, Olive. 2003. Japan and Britain after 1859 – Creating Cultural Bridges. London
and New York: Routledge.
Cwiertka, Katarzyna. 2006. Modern Japanese Cuisine. Food, Power and National Identity.
London: Reaktion Books.
De Coningh, Assendelft. 2012. A Pioneer in Yokohama. A Dutchman’s Adventures in the
New Treaty Port. Indianapolis and Cambridge: Hackett Publishing.
Downer, Lesley. 2003. Madame Sadayakko. The Geisha who Bewitched the West. New York:
Gotham Books.
Esposito, Gabriele. 2020. Japanese Armies 1868-1877. Oxford: Osprey Publishing.
Fukuzawa, Yukichi and Kiyooka, Eiichi (tr.) 1966. The Autobiography of Yukichi Fukuzawa.
New York: Columbia University Press.
Gardiner, Michael. 2007. At the Edge of Empire. The Life of Thomas Blake Glover.
Edinburgh: Birlinn.
Hillsborough, Romulus. 2005. Shinsengumi. The Shogun's Last Samurai Corps. Tokyo, Rutland, and Singapore: Tuttle.
Jacob, Frank. 2014. Japanism, Pan-Asianism and Terrorism. A Short History of the Amur
Society (The Black Dragons) 1901-1945.
Bethesda, Dublin and Palo Alto: Academica.
Jansen, Marius. 1994. Sakamoto Ryoma and the Meiji Restoration. New York: Columbia
University Press.
Jansen, Marius. 2000. The Making of Modern Japan. Cambridge, MA and London: The
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
Koyama, Noboru. 2007. Japanese Tattooists and the British Royal Family during the Meiji
Period, in Britain and Japan Biographical Portraits Volume VI (Hugh Cortazzi ed.) Folkestone: Global Oriental.
Kokaze, Hidemasa. 2011. ‘The Political Space of Meiji 22 (1889): The Promulgation of the
Constitution and the Birth of the Nation.’ Japan Review, 23, 119-41.
Lloyd, Arthur. 1905. Admiral Togo. Tokyo: Kinkodo.
McArthur, Ian. 2013. Henry Black. On Stage in Meiji Japan. Victoria: Monash University.
Mihalopoulos, Bill. 2011. Sx in Japan’s Globalization, 1870-1930. London and New York:
Routledge.
Nakae, Chomin, and Tsuki, Nobuko (tr.) 1999. A Discourse by Three Drunkards on
Government. New York and Tokyo: Weatherhill.
Nimura, Janice. 2015. Daughters of the Samurai. A Journey from East to West and Back. New York and London: W. W. Norton and Company.
Swale, Alistair. 2000. The Political Thought of Mori Arinori. A Study in Meiji Conservatism. Richmond: Japan Library.
Wilson, George. 1992. Patriots and Redeemers in Japan. Motives in the Meiji Restoration.
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
Image credits:
Treaty of Portsmouth By World Imaging - Own work, photographed at Japan Foreign Ministry archives, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12769311
Allegory of inflation PHGCOM, pre-1868 anonymous Japanese artist, CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Hakodate Castle By 京浜にけ at Japanese Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28217497
Imperial Palace Moat By Kakidai - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18542305
内閣府, CC BY 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Utagawa Image By Rawpixel - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75372106
Treaty By World Imaging - Own work, photographed at Japan Foreign Ministry Archives, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12765184
High School Class By takato marui from Osaka, Japan - 神奈川工業高校, CC BY-SA 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6496517
We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit.
