It is beneficial to begin background research on this topic with a work by Karl Friday, as he is a highly respected expert in classical and medieval Japanese history and also serves as a Professor at The University of Georgia. Japan Emerging: Premodern History to 1850 Lastly, the final section includes related resources that may be of additional help for researching this topic, including resources to databases, archives, directories, guides, libraries, and museums. The sixth section includes information about influential samurai in Japanese history and related books. The next three sections include historical time frames: late Tokugawa period, early Meiji period, and transition from Tokugawa to Meiji period. The second section–Samurai Life–is divided into sub-sections of societal (bushido and duty), military, and political aspects of samurai culture. It starts with a general historical overview of Japanese history, before the Meiji period, and background on the samurai class. This guide consists of seven sections of valuable resources, which includes mediums in the form of books, journal articles, websites, databases, archives, directories, libraries, and museums. The “modern” Meiji period no longer sought the seemingly “traditional” samurai and their swords, and so began a new era of Japanese history. However, with the decline of the Tokugawa regime, social, political, military, and economic aspects of domestic Japan began to change–ushering in the Meiji Restoration. For centuries, many had prominent roles in political and military realms and instilled Confucianistic values in Japanese society. Before the beginning of the Meiji Restoration in 1868, samurai were an integral part of Japanese lifestyle and culture. This guide is created to be a helpful resource in the process of researching the decline of the samurai class during the late Tokugawa shogunate. Samurai of the Satsuma clan during the 1868-1869 Boshin War Introduction
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