Mikasa Shobo releases digital edition of Bakumatsu Restoration history book

Mikasa Shobo has announced the release of the Kindle ebook version of ‘Bakumatsu Ishin: Fukisetsu ni mo Hodo ga aru Hanashi’ (The Bakumatsu Restoration: Stories of Extreme Inappropriateness) by author Hiroki Horie.

The book explores the raw and often controversial motivations of historical figures during the Bakumatsu period, focusing on themes of money, ego, and survival instincts. It covers various aspects of the era, including the actions of the Shinsengumi, the strategies of the last shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu, and the complexities of the Edo Castle surrender.

Author Hiroki Horie provides a modern perspective on the intense political and social shifts that defined the end of the Shogunate and the beginning of the Meiji Restoration.