The Ghost of Namamugi : Charles Lenox Richardson and the Anglo-Satsuma War

Fletcher, Robert

Routledge（2025/12発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 276 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781041188001
• DDC分類 952.025

Full Description

In 1862, a British merchant was killed by samurai at Namamugi, a quiet village near Yokohama. One year later, a British fleet bombarded Kagoshima to extract reparations, reducing much of this south-western city to ash. This captivating re-telling, locates the story firmly within the wider context of British imperial expansion in East Asia.

Contents

List of Illustrations, List of Abbreviations, Map of Locations, Note on the Text, PART I: The Many Deaths of Mr Richardson Introduction, 1. 'Afloat and Settled in China', 1853-1862, 2. The British Empire and Bakumatsu Japan, 1862-1863, 3. Anatomy of an 'Outrage', 1862-1864, 4. Namamugi Remembered, PART II: The Letters of Charles Lenox Richardson, 1853-1862, Note on the Letters and Acknowledgements, Index