Ito Hirobumi – Japan’s First Prime Minister and Father of the Meiji Constitution
By Takii Kazuhiro
Translated by Takechi Manabu
Routledge – 2014 – 250 pages
Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
Hardback: $155.00
978-0-415-83886-3
January 20th 2014

This book is a translation of his work in Japanese, “伊藤博文 :
知の政治家”(Ito Hirobumi : Chi no Seijika), published in 2010.

Please refer to the publisher’s website for more information and description.
http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415838863/

* contents
1. Encounter with Western Civilization
2. A Constitution for Japan: Building the Foundations
3. Campaigning for Constitution
4. The Seiyukai as a Think-tank
5. Establishment of the Meiji State: Constitutional Reforms of 1907
6. Hero and Advisor to Late-Qing China Reformers
7. The Two Faces of the Resident-General in Korea