Meiji Jidai: The Era of Enlightenment: Volume One – Kaiyo Maru: The Prelude to Dawn (English Edition)

This is the saga of the end of the 265-year rule of the Tokugawa family as shoguns and the return of all power in Japan to the emperor. The resulting era of military and political intrigue is called the Meiji Jidai, named after the reign of the Emperor Meiji, who led Japan from the feudal system into the modern world.