# Makers of Japan Author: Morris, J. (John) (Writer on Japan) Genre: Category: History - Other Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70710 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Makers+of+Japan+Morris&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary Modern Japan dates from the advent on the coast of Idzu province of the American squadron under Commodore Perry in 1853. Prior to that time, however, more than one attempt, predestined to failure, had been made to bring about the abolition of the feudal system, the agitators, in nearly every case, paying the penalty of their boldness with their lives. Among the more famous of these heroes were Fujita Toko, Yoshida Shoin, and Sakuma Shozan,—patriots who shone during the first half of the nineteenth century. They were in advance of their age. They lived in the days of the Tokugawa Shogunate, when old ideas on the subject of foreign intercourse still were uppermost. It was dangerous to advoc... ## Chapters - [Part 23](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/makers-of-japan-70710/chapters/23/index.md) - [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/makers-of-japan-70710/chapters/8/index.md) - [Part 28](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/makers-of-japan-70710/chapters/28/index.md) - [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/makers-of-japan-70710/chapters/3/index.md) - [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/makers-of-japan-70710/chapters/1/index.md) - [Part 21](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/makers-of-japan-70710/chapters/21/index.md) - [Part 25](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/makers-of-japan-70710/chapters/25/index.md) - [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/makers-of-japan-70710/chapters/4/index.md) - [Part 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/makers-of-japan-70710/chapters/19/index.md) - [Part 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/makers-of-japan-70710/chapters/10/index.md) - [Part 27](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/makers-of-japan-70710/chapters/27/index.md) - [Part 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/makers-of-japan-70710/chapters/18/index.md) - [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/makers-of-japan-70710/chapters/5/index.md) - [Part 30](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/makers-of-japan-70710/chapters/30/index.md) - [Part 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/makers-of-japan-70710/chapters/12/index.md) - [Part 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/makers-of-japan-70710/chapters/16/index.md) - [Part 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/makers-of-japan-70710/chapters/20/index.md) - [Part 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/makers-of-japan-70710/chapters/17/index.md) - [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/makers-of-japan-70710/chapters/9/index.md) - [Part 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/makers-of-japan-70710/chapters/11/index.md) - [Part 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/makers-of-japan-70710/chapters/13/index.md) - [Part 31](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/makers-of-japan-70710/chapters/31/index.md) - [Part 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/makers-of-japan-70710/chapters/14/index.md) - [Part 29](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/makers-of-japan-70710/chapters/29/index.md) - [Part 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/makers-of-japan-70710/chapters/15/index.md) - [Part 22](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/makers-of-japan-70710/chapters/22/index.md) - [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/makers-of-japan-70710/chapters/2/index.md) - [Part 26](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/makers-of-japan-70710/chapters/26/index.md) - [Part 24](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/makers-of-japan-70710/chapters/24/index.md) - [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/makers-of-japan-70710/chapters/7/index.md) - [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/makers-of-japan-70710/chapters/6/index.md) - [Part 32](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/makers-of-japan-70710/chapters/32/index.md)