Shibusawa; or, The passing of old Japan

by I. William Adams

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Introductory [vii]

• The Christening [1]
• Early Life [12]
• Meeting with Kinsan [21]
• Course Determined [29]
• The Hidden Cave [35]
• The Pledge [47]
• An Unexpected Command [51]
• The Marriage Ceremony [59]
• The Wedding Feast [65]
• The Stowaways [78]
• Cast Adrift [81]
• A Woman’s Privilege [89]
• Danger in Shibusawa’s Absence [97]
• The “No” Dance [104]
• Home Abandoned [111]
• A Great Sorrow [118]
• The Child [122]
• The Vow of Vengeance [129]
• The Poet’s Banishment [132]
• The Forty-Seven Ronin [136]
• The Home-Coming [142]
• A Meeting in the Garden [147]
• An Unexpected Call [153]
• The Geisha Party [160]
• The Unhappy Meeting [167]
• Daimyo’s Procession [175]
• Shibusawa Reclaimed [182]
• The Daimyo’s Arrest [188]
• Maido’s Penalty [199]
• The Earthquake [208]
• The Child’s Fate [212]
• Ronin Raids [218]
• The Rise of Shibusawa [223]
• Nehachibana’s Revenge [232]
• Mobilizing the Samurai [241]
• Battle of Fushima [248]
• The Triumphal Arch [255]
• Saving the Armada [258]
• The Bivouac [265]
• Siege of Tokyo [267]
• The Restoration [278]

Appendix [281]

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“I Trust you, Honourable Sir, to Speak further if you so Desire” [Frontispiece]