Japanese Ceremonial for Western Diplomats Attending Shogunal Castle Audiences, 1857-1867 /
Sano, Mayuko
Japanese Ceremonial for Western Diplomats Attending Shogunal Castle Audiences, 1857-1867 / Mayuko Sano. - 1 online resource (390 p.) - Politics, Security and Society in Asia Pacific ; 7 .
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Translators’ Notes -- Foreword to the English Edition -- Introduction -- I The Background of Bakumatsu Diplomatic Ceremonial -- 1 The Ceremonial and Foreign Relations of the Tokugawa Shogunate -- 2 Diplomatic Ceremonial in Western Nations -- II The Unfolding of Bakumatsu Diplomatic Ceremonial -- 3 United States Consul General Harris’s Audience with the Shogun (1857) -- 4 The Evolution of Bakumatsu Ceremonial through Trial and Error -- 5 The Establishment of Ceremonial Forms -- 6 Tokugawa Yoshinobu’s Audiences for Representatives of Four Western Nations (1867) -- Conclusion : How Bakumatsu Diplomatic Ceremonial Brought About “Diplomacy between Equals” -- Sources -- Afterword -- Timeline -- List of Figures -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
The formal diplomatic relations between Japan and Western nations dawned when the first American consul-general Townsend Harris was received by the thirteenth Tokugawa shogun Iesada at Edo castle in 1857. —This work unveils the seventeen castle audiences for Western envoys carried out by the Tokugawa shogunate (1603-1867) during its last decade of reign. Through that process, the shogunate completed a ceremonial form based on its own tradition, as well as consistent with the Western practice. The endeavours of Tokugawa retainers on the frontline of external affairs at the time¬.prior to the Meiji Restoration (1868).was the true first step of Japan’s entry into the international community. The formation of diplomatic ceremonial, progressed as a different layer from more political negotiations, provides an alternative history of bakumatsu (late years of the shogunate) foreign relations that has been overlooked in previous studies.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9789048557646
10.1515/9789048557646 doi
Diplomatic etiquette--History--Japan--19th century.
Diplomatics--History.--Japan
AUP Wetenschappelijk.
Amsterdam University Press.
Asia Pacific.
Asian Studies.
Cultural Studies.
Early Modern Studies.
History.
Politics and Government.
HISTORY / Asia / Japan.
(Japan’s) Bakumatsu foreign relations. Tokugawa shogunate, castle audiences, Diplomats, Diplomacy of equals.
327.52
Japanese Ceremonial for Western Diplomats Attending Shogunal Castle Audiences, 1857-1867 / Mayuko Sano. - 1 online resource (390 p.) - Politics, Security and Society in Asia Pacific ; 7 .
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Translators’ Notes -- Foreword to the English Edition -- Introduction -- I The Background of Bakumatsu Diplomatic Ceremonial -- 1 The Ceremonial and Foreign Relations of the Tokugawa Shogunate -- 2 Diplomatic Ceremonial in Western Nations -- II The Unfolding of Bakumatsu Diplomatic Ceremonial -- 3 United States Consul General Harris’s Audience with the Shogun (1857) -- 4 The Evolution of Bakumatsu Ceremonial through Trial and Error -- 5 The Establishment of Ceremonial Forms -- 6 Tokugawa Yoshinobu’s Audiences for Representatives of Four Western Nations (1867) -- Conclusion : How Bakumatsu Diplomatic Ceremonial Brought About “Diplomacy between Equals” -- Sources -- Afterword -- Timeline -- List of Figures -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
The formal diplomatic relations between Japan and Western nations dawned when the first American consul-general Townsend Harris was received by the thirteenth Tokugawa shogun Iesada at Edo castle in 1857. —This work unveils the seventeen castle audiences for Western envoys carried out by the Tokugawa shogunate (1603-1867) during its last decade of reign. Through that process, the shogunate completed a ceremonial form based on its own tradition, as well as consistent with the Western practice. The endeavours of Tokugawa retainers on the frontline of external affairs at the time¬.prior to the Meiji Restoration (1868).was the true first step of Japan’s entry into the international community. The formation of diplomatic ceremonial, progressed as a different layer from more political negotiations, provides an alternative history of bakumatsu (late years of the shogunate) foreign relations that has been overlooked in previous studies.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9789048557646
10.1515/9789048557646 doi
Diplomatic etiquette--History--Japan--19th century.
Diplomatics--History.--Japan
AUP Wetenschappelijk.
Amsterdam University Press.
Asia Pacific.
Asian Studies.
Cultural Studies.
Early Modern Studies.
History.
Politics and Government.
HISTORY / Asia / Japan.
(Japan’s) Bakumatsu foreign relations. Tokugawa shogunate, castle audiences, Diplomats, Diplomacy of equals.
327.52