Samurai Assassins: Dark Murder and the Meiji Restoration, 1853-1868

by Romulus Hillsborough

Assassination--in Japanese, ansatsu or "dark murder"--was instrumental in the samurai-led revolution known as the Meiji Restoration, by which the shogun's military government was overthrown and the Imperial monarchy restored in 1868. The ideology and moral philosophy of the men behind the revolution--including bushidō or "the way of the warrior"--informed their actions and would become the foundation of the emperor-worship of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476668809
• ISBN13: 9781476668802
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher