Electronic Readings List

  1. "Coming of the American Fleet, 1853-1854 "
  2. "The Opening of Japan, 1854-1856"
  3. "Collapse of the Bakufu, 1859-1867 "
  4. The Debate over Seclusion Documents
  5. "Establishment of the Meiji Government, 1868"
  6. "The Iwakura Mission to Western Countries"
  7. Meiroku zasshi (excerpts)
  8. "The Beefeater" by Kanagaki Robun
  9. "The Western Peep Show" by Hattori Bushô
  10. "The Constitution of the Empire of Japan, 1889"
  11. "Critique on the Constitution" by Nakae Chomin
  12. "Imperial Rescript on Education, October 30, 1890"
  13. "Meiji Entrepreneurs"
  14. Peasants, Rebels, & Outcastes (excerpts)
  15. "On De-Asianization" by Fukuzawa Yukichi
  16. "Yoshino Sakuzo's Minpon Shugi"
  17. "Peace Preservation Law"
  18. Sôdômei's Declaration
  19. Lamentations of Female Factory Workers
  20. "Reflections on the Way to the Gallows by Kanno Sugako"
  21. "Kaneko Fumiko's Interrogation"
  22. "Rise of Ultranationalism and the Pacific War"
  23. "Earth and Soldiers" by Hino Ashihei
  24. "The China War"
  25. "The Bombing of Japan"