Foreign Policies and Diplomacies in Asia
Matthias Maass (ed.)
- Title
- Japanese Ceremonial for Western Diplomats Attending Shogunal Castle Audiences, 1857-1867
- Author
- Mayuko Sano
- Price
- € 153,00 excl. VAT
- ISBN
- 9789463725194
- Format
- Hardback
- Number of pages
- 386
- Language
- English
- Publication date
- 06 - 08 - 2024
- Dimensions
- 15.6 x 23.4 cm
- Discipline
- Asian Studies
Foreword to the English Edition
Introduction.
I The Background of Bakumatsu Diplomatic Ceremonial
Chapter 1 The Ceremonial and Foreign Relations of the Tokugawa Shogunate
Part 1. Palace Ceremonial of the Tokugawa Shogunate
Part 2. Ceremonial for Receiving Korean Missions in Practice
Part 3. The Accumulation of Diplomatic Experience: Shogunate Retainer Tsutsui Masanori
Chapter 2 Diplomatic Ceremonial in Western
Part 1. Standards of Diplomatic Business
Part 2. Advances into Non-Western Areas and Views of Ceremonial
Chapter 3 United States Consul General Harris’s Audience with the Shogun (1857)
Part 1. How the Audience Came to Be Agreed Upon
Part 2. The Day Townsend Harris Appeared at Edo Castle: The Twenty-First Day of the Tenth Month of Ansei 4
Part 3. Conclusion: Continuity from the Early Modern to Modern Era
Chapter 4 The Evolution of Bakumatsu Ceremonial through Trial and Error
Part 1. Shogunal Audiences for the Representatives of the Netherlands and Russia (1858)
Part 2. Townsend Harris’s Second Audience (1859) with the Shogun and Its Aftermath
Part 3. Conclusion: Towards Sustainable Diplomacy
Chapter 5 The Establishment of Ceremonial Forms
Part 1. Developments Based on the “Permanent Ceremonial that Will Endure Unchanged”
Part 2. Arriving at a Stable Diplomatic Ceremonial Regime
Part 3. Conclusion: Diplomatic Ceremonial Taking Root and Significance of the Ceremonial
Chapter 6 Tokugawa Yoshinobu’s Audiences for Representatives of Four Western Nations (1867)
Part 1. The Background of, and Preparations for, the Osaka Audiences
Part 2. Osaka Castle on the Days of the Audiences
Part 3. Developments after the Osaka Audiences
Part 4. Conclusion: The Further Unfolding of Bakumatsu Diplomatic Ceremonial
Conclusion: How Bakumatsu Diplomatic Ceremonial Brought About “Diplomacy between Equals”
Sources
Afterword
Timeline
Index .
Introduction.
I The Background of Bakumatsu Diplomatic Ceremonial
Chapter 1 The Ceremonial and Foreign Relations of the Tokugawa Shogunate
Part 1. Palace Ceremonial of the Tokugawa Shogunate
Part 2. Ceremonial for Receiving Korean Missions in Practice
Part 3. The Accumulation of Diplomatic Experience: Shogunate Retainer Tsutsui Masanori
Chapter 2 Diplomatic Ceremonial in Western
Part 1. Standards of Diplomatic Business
Part 2. Advances into Non-Western Areas and Views of Ceremonial
Chapter 3 United States Consul General Harris’s Audience with the Shogun (1857)
Part 1. How the Audience Came to Be Agreed Upon
Part 2. The Day Townsend Harris Appeared at Edo Castle: The Twenty-First Day of the Tenth Month of Ansei 4
Part 3. Conclusion: Continuity from the Early Modern to Modern Era
Chapter 4 The Evolution of Bakumatsu Ceremonial through Trial and Error
Part 1. Shogunal Audiences for the Representatives of the Netherlands and Russia (1858)
Part 2. Townsend Harris’s Second Audience (1859) with the Shogun and Its Aftermath
Part 3. Conclusion: Towards Sustainable Diplomacy
Chapter 5 The Establishment of Ceremonial Forms
Part 1. Developments Based on the “Permanent Ceremonial that Will Endure Unchanged”
Part 2. Arriving at a Stable Diplomatic Ceremonial Regime
Part 3. Conclusion: Diplomatic Ceremonial Taking Root and Significance of the Ceremonial
Chapter 6 Tokugawa Yoshinobu’s Audiences for Representatives of Four Western Nations (1867)
Part 1. The Background of, and Preparations for, the Osaka Audiences
Part 2. Osaka Castle on the Days of the Audiences
Part 3. Developments after the Osaka Audiences
Part 4. Conclusion: The Further Unfolding of Bakumatsu Diplomatic Ceremonial
Conclusion: How Bakumatsu Diplomatic Ceremonial Brought About “Diplomacy between Equals”
Sources
Afterword
Timeline
Index .
Mayuko Sano
Japanese Ceremonial for Western Diplomats Attending Shogunal Castle Audiences, 1857-1867
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.
Author
Mayuko Sano
Sano Mayuko works at the Graduate School of Education, Kyoto University. Her recent publications include the edited volume Expo-logy: Expos as a Method of Grasping the World (Shibunkaku, 2020), and the monograph Meiji Period Daily Life Written about by Clara Whitney (Rinsen Book, 2019).
