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, recorded by a diplomatist who took an active part in the events of the time, with an account of his personal experiences during that period

CHAPTER XXXVI

Chapter 5111 wordsPublic domain

LAST DAYS IN TOKIO AND DEPARTURE FOR HOME 409

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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THE LAST OF THE SHOGUNS _Frontispiece_

SIR ERNEST SATOW--1869 56

SIR ERNEST SATOW--1903 56

PAYMENT OF THE INDEMNITY FOR THE MURDER OF RICHARDSON 80

KAGOSHIMA HARBOUR: BOMBARDMENT 90-91

THE STRAITS OF SHIMONOSEKI 106-107

INTERIOR OF A JAPANESE BATTERY AFTER THE LANDING OF THE ALLIED NAVAL FORCES 112

DAIMIO OF CHO-SHIU AND HIS HEIR 184

CHO-SHIU COUNCILLORS 184

GROUP PHOTOGRAPHED DURING A VISIT TO OZAKA 192

NIIRO GIOBU, A SATSUMA COUNCILLOR 272

KATSU AWA NO KAMI 272

_The Design on the Cover of this Book is the Family Crest of the Tokugawa Shôguns._

A DIPLOMAT IN JAPAN

A DIPLOMAT IN JAPAN