Tokumei Zenken Taishi Bei-O Kairan Jikki

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Tokumei Zenken Taishi Bei-O Kairan Jikki is the multi-volume official account written by Kume Kunitake detailing the Japanese diplomatic delegation’s 1871–1873 tour of the United States and Europe during the Meiji era.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Meiji-period text
historical document
multi-volume work
travel account
author Kume Kunitake
commissionedBy Meiji oligarchy
surface form: Meiji government of Japan
countryOfOrigin Japan
describes 1871–1873 Japanese diplomatic tour
Iwakura Mission
Japanese diplomatic delegation to the United States and Europe
documentationType official government narrative
genre diplomatic record
official report
historicalPeriodDescribed Meiji era
historicalSignificance important primary source on early Meiji foreign relations
key document for understanding Japanese perceptions of the West in the early Meiji era
language Japanese
mainLocationDescribed Europe
United States of America
surface form: United States
publicationPeriod Meiji era
purpose to provide an official account of the Iwakura Mission’s observations abroad
relatedEvent modernization of Japan in the Meiji period
relatedPerson Iwakura Tomomi
members of the Iwakura Mission
subjectMatter Western education systems
Western industry and technology
Western legal systems
Western political institutions
diplomatic relations between Japan and Western powers
timeOfEventsDescribed 1871–1873
usedAsSourceIn historiography of the Iwakura Mission
studies of Japanese modernization
studies of Meiji diplomacy

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Kume Kunitake authorOf Tokumei Zenken Taishi Bei-O Kairan Jikki
Iwakura Mission documentedIn Tokumei Zenken Taishi Bei-O Kairan Jikki
Kume Kunitake notableWork Tokumei Zenken Taishi Bei-O Kairan Jikki