num_pages: 242
description: Examines the top ministerial team sent in 1872 by the new Meiji government to the West in order to idenitify, classify and assess Western technology and culture, and to open a dialogue to review the so-called 'unequal treaties'.
language: English
title: The Iwakura Mission to America and Europe: A New Assessment
titlecomplete: The Iwakura Mission to America and Europe: A New Assessment (Meiji Japan Series)
genres: Japan, History
ratings_count: 6
publisher: Routledge