Trent Maxey, associate professor, Departments of History and Asian Languages and Civilizations, Amherst College
In the decades prior to the Meiji Restoration of 1868, political, economic, and ecological crises created a pervasive sense of disorder across the shogun’s realm. Through woodblock prints and literature, see how the early and mid-19th century laid the groundwork for the upheaval to come.
Wednesday, April 8, 2015