Japan

by Walter G. Dickson

ILLUSTRATED

THE CO-OPERATIVE PUBLICATION SOCIETY
NEW YORK AND LONDON

HISTORY OF JAPAN

CONTENTS

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CHAPTER I
The Imperial Family and Court	[ 9]
CHAPTER II
The Eight Boards of Government	[ 55]
CHAPTER III
History of the Empire to the Death of Nobu nanga	[ 78]
CHAPTER IV
Government of Taikosama	[ 124]
CHAPTER V
Government of Iyeyas	[ 160]
CHAPTER VI
History to the Expulsion of Christianity	[ 176]
CHAPTER VII
The Laws of Iyeyas	[ 192]
CHAPTER VIII
The Position and Court of the Shiogoon	[ 223]
CHAPTER IX
The Daimios	[ 228]
CHAPTER X
The Daimio Class	[ 279]
CHAPTER XI
The History of the Empire Continued	[ 288]
CHAPTER XII
Events Following the Abolition of the Shiogoonate	[ 363]
CHAPTER XIII
The Foreign Policy of New Japan and the War with China	[ 374]
CHAPTER XIV
Twentieth Century Japan and the War with Russia	[ 385]
CHAPTER XV
The War with Russia, and Japan a World Power	[ 409]

PREFACE

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In the preparation of the following Work the Author has to acknowledge the assistance which he has received from a Japanese gentleman in Yokohama, whose name, for obvious reasons, it is prudent not to mention.