The author of this book presents the important facts of modern Japanese history. Very well described about nature of Japanese society including studies of Shinto, Confucianism, Buddhism, the Emperor system and feudalism. I found interesting a part where government of Tokugawa period, hardly tries to isolate the country from the rest of the world. But by the time realizing that they are so behind from developed western countries, economically and military they tried to catch on with contemporary mightiest power on earth.
The end of more than 260 years of Tokugawa rule and the subsequent restoration of imperial rule was primarily a political event. Japanese ideology was very smart; they adopted