Tanuma Okitsugu, 1719-1788, forerunner of modern Japan.
Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute. Monograph series,; 14; Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ;; 14.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1955
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
Subjects: Tanuma, Okitsugu, 1719-1788
Description: The author has used Japanese sources almost exclusively in this study of Tanuma, who rose from being a page to become a feudal lord of wealth and influence. His state policies were based on practical and progressive reasoning. His liberal policies might have brought an end to a long period of national seclusion and hastened Japan on the path toward modernization. However he failed, and instead went down in disgrace.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 177-185.