Thematic Programs

Civil War at the End of Shogunate and during the Restoration
: New Perspectives on the Boshin War

Information

Date and Time

September 16, 2016 14:30 – 17:40

Venue

Audiovisual Room, 3F, Graduate School of Arts and Letters, Kawauchi South Campus, Tohoku University
[Map] The Building is shown in the map as “C13”.

Speakers

Harald Fuess(Heidelberg University)
Shinichiro Kurihara(Miyagi Prefectural Archives)
Masashi Amano(IRIDeS, Tohoku University)

Commentator

Toshimitsu Kagohashi(Tohoku University)

Moderator

Hiroaki Adachi(Tohoku University)

Event Organizer

Hiroshi Yokomizo(Tohoku University)

Time Schedule

14:30 – 14:40
Hiroaki Adachi(Tohoku University)
Introduction
14:40 – 15:20
Harald Fuess(Heidelberg University)
Endemic Violence: The Meiji Restoration and the International Arms Trade
15:20 – 16:00
Shinichiro Kurihara(Miyagi Prefectural Archives)
Issues in the Study of the Boshin War: A Reconsideration of the Feudal Clans League in the Ouuetsu Region
16:00 – 16:40
Masashi Amano(IRIDeS, Tohoku University)
The Military Organization and Battles of Akita Domain
16:55 – 17:40
Discussions

*The talk will be given in Japanese.

Poster

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