Download or read book French Policy in Japan During the Closing Years of the Tokugawa Regime written by Meron Medzini and published by Harvard Univ Asia Center. This book was released on 1971 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preliminary Material -- France and Japan before 1858 -- The Mission of Baron Gros -- Foundation of French Policy in Japan -- The Japanese Mission to Europe, 1862 -- Years of Crisis, 1862 and 1863 -- Franco-Japanese Commercial Relations 1859-1863 -- The Ikeda Mission -- Léon Roches and the New French Policy -- First Anglo-French Differences -- Commercial Relations 1864-1867 -- The Yokosuka Arsenal -- Military Assistance -- Roches and Tokugawa Keiki -- The Meiji Restoration and the Failure of Roches's Policy -- Aftermath -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Harvard East Asian Monographs.