{"product_id":"kotoku-shusui-portrait-of-a-japanese-radical-paperback-9780521131483","title":"Kotoku Shusui; Portrait of a Japanese Radical (Paperback) 9780521131483","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eKotoku Shusui\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePortrait of a Japanese Radical\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis text examines the life and times of K?toku Sh?sui (1871–1911).\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eF. G.  Notehelfer (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521131483, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 14 April 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm, 0.36 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis 1971 text was the first Western study of K?toku Sh?sui (1871–1911) - Japan's leading left-wing thinker at the turn of the century - whose career and ideas had a decisive influence on subsequent radical movements in Japan and also in China. K?toku was a bitter opponent of aggressive Japanese nationalism and militarism, foreseeing as early as 1906 that its ultimate consequence would be conflict with the United States. He was executed in 1911 on charges of 'high treason' in a plot to take the life of the Meiji Emperor. Professor Notehelfer presents a personal as well as political biography. Drawing on K?toku's extensive diaries and correspondence, he examines the psychological conflict K?toku suffered between traditional and Western ideas. The book therefore has the wider theme of illustrating the pressures and difficulties faced by a traditional society in a period of rapid social change.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of plates\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Tosa years, 1871–1888\u003cbr\u003e 2. In search of power and glory, 1889–1899\u003cbr\u003e 3. From loyalism to socialism, 1899–1903\u003cbr\u003e 4. Pacifist opposition to the Russo-Japanese War, 1903–1905\u003cbr\u003e 5. The transition to anarchism, 1905–1906\u003cbr\u003e 6. Direct action, 1906–1907\u003cbr\u003e 7. High treason, 1907–1910\u003cbr\u003e 8. The trial, 1910–1911\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: General \u0026amp; world history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on General \u0026amp; world history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22General%20\u0026amp;%20world%20history%20%5BHBG%5D%22\"\u003eHBG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913237618968,"sku":"9780521131483","price":29.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521131483i_78643f7a-fd20-4ef4-beb9-d58b02769edb.jpg?v=1691372108","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/kotoku-shusui-portrait-of-a-japanese-radical-paperback-9780521131483","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}