Download or read book French Policy in Japan During the Closing Years of the Tokugawa Regime written by Meron Medzini and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth study of French policy in Japan and the bakufu during the bakamatsu period. Includes chapters on the mission of Baron Gros, Franco-Japanese commercial relations 1859-1863, the Ikeda mission, Leon Roches and the new French policy, anglo-french differences, the Yokosuka arsenal, military assistance, Roches and Tokugawa Keiki, and the Meiji Restoration and the failure of the Roches policy.