Assassination--in Japanese, ansatsu or "dark murder"--was instrumental in the samurai-led revolution known as the Meiji Restoration, by which the shogun\'s military government was overthrown and the Imperial monarchy restored in 1868.
This first-ever account in English of.
The ideology and moral philosophy of the men behind the revolution--including bushidÅ or "the way of the warrior"--informed their actions and would become the foundation of the emperor-worship of World War II.
Assassination--in Japanese, ansatsu or "dark murder"--was instrumental in the samurai-led revolution known as the Meiji Restoration, by which the shogun\'s military government was overthrown and the Imperial monarchy restored in 1868