As for the Shinsegumi there are no books that I have come accross in English
about them. The closest you can get is Romulus Hillsboroughs Samurai
Sketches. As for the Bakumatsu period you might try some of the following:
The Meiji Restoration WG Beasley
The Collapse of the Tokugawa Bakufu Conrad Totman
Choshu in Meiji Restoration Albert Craig
For some good fiction try
The Last Shogun and Drunk as a Lord both by Shiba Ryotaro
----- Original Message -----
From: erik baker <musashieb@...>
To: <samuraihistory@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 1:12 PM
Subject: Re: [samuraihistory] Interesting site on the history of Kanji
> Hello,
>
> Does anyone know any good books in English about the
> shinsengumi, or any book concentrating on the
> bakumatsu.
>
> My specialty is from around 1100ad to about 1650ad or
> so as I am most interested in theses times but am fast
> becoming interested in the bakumatsu. Thanks in
> advance.
>
> Musashi
> --- Christopher West <kitsuno@...> wrote:
> > This is an interesting site with a lot of good
> > shockwave animation,
> > on the history of kanji, and such subjects as the
> > movement to abolish
> > the use of chinese characters altogether:
> >
> > http://www.honco.net/japanese/index.html
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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