Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His World, 1852-1912 by Donald Keene

Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His World, 1852-1912

Donald Keene

1633 pages digital 2002

5 editions

nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced
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The renowned Japanese scholar "brings us as close to the inner life of the Meiji emperor as we are ever likely to get" (The New York Times Book Review). When Emperor Meiji began his rule in 1867, Japan was a splintered empire dominated by the shog...

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