Blossoms & Shadows Bibliography
General History
Chôshû in the Meiji Restoration: Albert Craig, Lexington Books 2000
The Revolutionary origins of Modern Japan: Thomas M. Huber, Stanford University Press 1981
Patriots and Redeemers in Japan: George M Wilson, University of Chicago Press 1992
The Collapse of the Tokugawa Bakufu: Conrad Totman, University Press of Hawaii 1980
The Meiji Restoration: W.G. Beasley, Stanford University Press 1972
The Making of Modern Japan: Marius Jansen, Harvard University Press 2002
Opening Up to the West
The Clash: Walter LaFeber, W.W. Norton 1998
Breaking Open Japan: George Feifer, Smithsonian Books 2006
Negotiating with Imperialism: Michael R Auslin, Harvard University Press 2004
The Japanese Discovery of Victorian Britain: Andrew Cobbing, Japan Library 1998
Biographies
Sakamoto Ryôma and the Meiji Restoration: Marius Jansen, Columbia University Press 1994
The Weak Body of a Useless Woman: Anne Walthall, University of Chicago Press 1998
The Last Samurai: Mark Ravenna, Wiley 2004
The Last Shogun: Ryotaro Shiba, Kodansha 1998
Shinsengumi: Romulus Hillsborough, Tuttle 2005
The Diary of Kido Takayoshi: University of Tokyo Press 1983
Yamagata Aritomo and the Rise of Modern Japan: Roger F. Hackett, Harvard University Press 1971
Social and Cultural History
Everyday things in Pre-Modern Japan: Susan B Haley, University of California Press 1997
Everyday Life in Traditional Japan: Charles J Dunn, Tuttle 1969
Tour of Duty: Constantine Vaporis, University of Hawaii Press 2008
Fertility and Pleasure: William R Lindsey, University of Hawaii Press 2007
Recreating Japanese Women: ed Gail Lee Bernstein, University of California Press 1991
Women and Class in Japanese History: ed Tanomura, Walthall and Wakita, University of Michigan 1999
Mapping Early Modern Japan: Marcia Yonemoto, University of California Press 2003
Excursions in Identity: Laura Nenzi, University of Hawaii Press 2008
Japanese Popular Prints: Rebecca Salter, University of Hawaii Press 2006
Medicine and Science
East Asian Medicine in Urban Japan: Margaret M Lock, University of California Press 1984
The Vaccinators: Ann Jannetta, Stanford University Press 2007
Practical Pursuit:s Ellen Gardner Nakamura, Harvard East Asian Centre 2005
The Lens Within the Heart: Timon Screech, Curzon 2002
When the Twain Meet: the rise of Western Medicine in Japan: John Z Bowers, John Hopkins University Press 1980
Dr Willis in Japan: Hugh Cortazzi, Athlone Press 1985
Novels (translated to English)
Before the Dawn: Shimazaki Tôson
The Doctor’s Wife: Ariyoshi Sawako
Novels (Japanese)
Chôshû no hoshi: Inoue Kaoru: Monma Kôdô
Haran banjô: Inoue Kaoru: Kunimitsu Shirô
Takasugi Shinsaku: sentôsha no ai to shi: Furukawa Kaoru
Seinen: Itô Hirobumi to Inoue Kaoru: Hayashi Fusao
Among the many other Japanese works I consulted the most useful were:
Takasugi Shinsaku o aruku: Ichisaka Tarô
Takasugi Shinsaku no tegami: ed Ichisaka Tarô
Bakumatsu Chôshû no hitobito: Ishihara Keiji
Ryôma to Chôshû: various authors
Ryôma no kaketa jidai: Kyôto National Museum
Meijizen Nihon igakushi: various authors
Kôan no kusuribako: Yoneda Kaisuke
Edo no yamai: Ujiie Mikito
Edo happyaku hatcho ni hone ga mau: Tanihata Miho
