Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia · TURNING POINT ·
Iwakura Mission (1871)
On the Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia map as “The Iwakura Mission sails”
23 Dec 1871 — Nearly fifty officials, half the government’s leadership among them, leave Yokohama for a 21-month tour of the United States and Europe. They fail to revise the treaties and come home convinced that Japan must build its strength before it can win equality.
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- Remaking the State: Meiji Japan 1600–1912 and Post-Soviet Russia 1964–2000
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