Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
Print version: Jaundrill, D. Colin. From samurai to soldier : remaking military service in nineteenth-century Japan. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2016 Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University ISBN 9781501703096
Includes bibliographical references and index
The rise of "western" musketry, 1841-1860 -- Rising tensions and renewed reform, 1860-1866 -- The drives to build a federal army, 1866-1872 -- Instituting universal military service, 1873-1876 -- Dress rehearsal : the Satsuma rebellion, 1877 -- Organizational reform and the creation of the serviceman, 1878-1894.