Writing on samurai history and Japanese culture, focusing on the samurai revolution, meiji restoration, sakamoto ryoma, katsu kaishu, yoshida shoin, saigo takamori, takasugi shinsaku, shinsengumi, shogun, Tokugawa, bakufu, bushido, seppuku, sword
The Shogun’s Last Samurai Corps: Table of Contents
List of Photographs
Map of Japan
Map of Edo and Vicinity
Map of Kyoto
Map of Ezo
Note on Japanese Pronunciation
Author’s Note
Preface
Introduction
Prologue
Historical Background
Loyal and Patriotic Corps
Newly Selected Corps
Of Insult and Retribution
The Purge
A Propensity to Kill
Slaughter at the Ikéda’ya
A Tale of Bushido
Battle at the Forbidden Gates
Return of a Hero
Endings and Transformations
Blood at the Crossroads
Of Outrage, Fury and Inexorable Fate
Civil War
The Peasant as Feudal Lord
Of Defeat, Disgrace and Apotheosis
Epilogue: Hijikata’s Last Fight
Appendix I
Appendix II: The Survivors
Table of Era Names and Their Corresponding Years in Western Chronology
