Shiga Shigetaka 1863-1927
Subtitle: The Forgotten Enlightener
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon
Published: February 16, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9780700713042
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900; Asian / Middle Eastern history: from c 1900 -; Biography: general; Political science & theory; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Ethnic Studies - General; Biography & Autobiography; Ethnic Issues; Biography/Autobiography; Japan; Social Science / Ethnic Studies; General
First sentence: Two decades of copying what seemed like everything western had already passed and joyaku kaisei (revision of the unequal treaties) became one of the major issues for intellectuals of the late 1880s in Japan.