A Diplomat in Japan : The Inner History of the Critical Years in the Evolution of Japan When the Ports Were Opened and the Monarchy Restored

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A brilliant linguist, Sir Ernest Satow (1843–1929) was recruited as a student interpreter into the consular service in 1861. He was sent to Japan, where he witnessed the Tokugawa Shogunate's overthrow and the Meiji Restoration. This 1921 account is based on the diaries Satow kept whilst in Japan.