...Sidney D. Brown Ōkubo Toshimichi: the Bismarck of Japan . By Masakazu Iwata . Berkeley and Los Angeles : University of California Press , 1964 . viii, 376 , Glossary, Bibliography, Index. $7.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1965 1965 BOOK REVIEWS 149...

...David W. Plath Ōkubo Diary: Portrait of a Japanese Valley . By Brian Moeran . Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press , 1985 . xii, 257 pp. Sources of Quotations and Allusions. $28.50. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1986 1986 856 JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES...

...Sidney Devere Brown Abstract Ōkubo Toshimichi (1830–1878) emerged as the dominant figure of the Meiji oligarchy in November 1873. He retained that uneasy position until his death under his assassins' swords on May 14, 1878. During the four and one-half year interval Ōkubo served Japan well...

... Hirobumi Den , I, 968–69. 85 Itō Hirobumi Den , I, 963–68. 84 Ōkubo Toshimichi Bunsho , VI, 423. 83 Itō Hirobumi Den , I, 961–63. 82 Shōgiku Kido Kō Den , II, 1867. Itō Hirobumi Den , I, 959–61. 81 Itō Hirobumi Den , I, 959. Kido Kōin Nikki , III, 232–33...

... of the initial encounter between Japan and the United States. MARLENE J. MAYO Sarah Lawrence College Okubo Toshimichi: the Bismarck of Japan. By MASAKAZU IWATA. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1964. viii, 376, Glossary, Bibliography, Index. $7.00. Distinguished biographies of opposition...

... Den [Biography of Yano Fumio], ( Tokyo : Tōyōdō , 1930 ), pp. 163 –4 . Hereafter cited as Oguri, Ryūkei Yano Fumio Kun Den . 26 Ishikawa, Fukuzawa Yukichi Den , III, 76. 27 Toshiaki Ōkubo , “Meiji Jūyonen no Seihen,” in Meiji Seiken no Kakuritsu Katei [The Process...

... played a major role in the history of modern Japan such as Saigō Takamori, Ōkubo Toshimichi, Matsukata Masayoshi, and Admiral Tōgo Heihachiro grew up together in Kagoshima almost within a stone's throw of each other. 1 This article is based largely upon the scholarly labors of contemporary...

...Hugh Borton The problems of the emperor system in postwar Japan . By Genji Okubo . Tokyo : JIPS , 1948 . 87 p. Financial and monetary situation in postwar Japan . By Hyoye Ouchi . Tokyo : JIPS , 1948 . 51 p. General trend of Japanese opinion following the end of war...

... and implies that 1874 represents an aberration in early Meiji foreign policy. I agree with his observation (p. 54) that Iwakura and Ōkubo took greater risks as they went along, but I do not believe tha t the major reason for withdrawal after 1874 was failure but rather lack of whole-hearted commitment...

... Studies, Inc. 1965 1965 150 JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES pitfall, the occupational hazard of biographers, of claiming too much for his subject. In contending that "Okubo's progressive policies" accounted in 1870 for his "packing the Okurasho with his men" who were Westernizers and modernizers, he predates...

... concerning the problem of samurai, government leaders such as Iwakura, Okubo, and Kido indicated that a rehabilitation policy need not be limited to protecting former samurai, but could be considered as another technique by which the government would accumulate capital. In this sense, samurai rehabilitation...

... of Establishing the Concept of ‘Loyalty’ ”], Nihon relyshi , X (Oct. 1953), 14–21. 37 Ōkubo, “Nishi Amane no gumbu ron,” p. 9. 36 Quoted by Umetani, p. 28. 35 Quoted by Umetani, p. 28. 34 Quoted by Umetani, p. 28. 33 Quoted by Umetani, p. 27. Nishi used both the terms...

... on the strongest possible leadership before the momentous announcement. The final agreement called for Kido and Saigo Takamori to share power, and the diary reveals Kido's disagreements with Okubo (p. 52), his appreciation for Okuma's role as go-between (p. 56), and admiration for Saigo's unselfishness (p. 55...

.... 161 –62. However Professor Tsiang contends that “This version and Professor Ariga's comments thereon do not agree not only with Chinese contentions, but also with the contentions of Yanagiwara and Okubo in their notes to the Yamen in 1874 …” See Tsiang , op. cit. , p. 17 . 26 Ibid...

..., represent not only an endeavor to be applauded but also a challenge to be taken up. WAYNE P. LAMMERS University of Wisconsin Madison Okubo Diary: Portrait of a Japanese Valley. By BRIAN MOERAN. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1985. xii, 257 pp. Sources of Quotations and Allusions. $28.50. Add...

... the “demoralized, disorganized, and seduced” daimyo “quietly faded from the scene” in 1871 ploughs new soil (p. 134). The picture of Ōkubo Toshimichi's people-be-damned approach to governance in the mid-1870s is vivid. And the contention that 1881, when gradualists ousted progressives from the government, “marked...

... the correspondence of men like Kido and Okubo, gives an extraordinarily clear picture of the skill with which they deposed their former lords. The leaders' concern then shifted to the problem of the discontented samurai. Early moves aimed at reducing the areas of discontent by revising the land tax, and instituted...

... , Feb. 1874 ) , in Meiji bunka zenshū [Collection on Meiji Culture], ed. Sakuzō Yoshino ( Tokyo , 1927 – 1930 ), XVIII , 65 . 3 This analysis has been suggested in part by Toshiaki Ōkubo , “Bummei kaika” [“Civilization and Enlightenment”], lwanami kōza Nihon rekishi...

.... University of California, Berkeley WOODBRIDGE BlNCHAM The Japanese family system. BY SETSUKO HANI. Tokyo: The Japan Institute of Pacific Studies (JIPS), 1948. 41 p. The problems of the emperor system in postwar Japan. BY GENJI OKUBO. Tokyo: JIPS, 1948. 87 p. Financial and monetary situation in postwar Japan...

... no shikaron ,” in Matsushima, op, cit. , pp. 428 – 432 . 5 In addition to the essay by Shirayanagi cited in note 4, there are several other good introductory essays on Meiji historiography: Toshiaki Ōkubo , “ Meiji shonen no shigakkai to kindai rekishigaku no sciritsu ,” in Matsushima...