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The Shoshidai’s Conscience ―― Ansei 5, Ninth Month: Sakai Tadaaki’s Warning Letter and Nagano Yoshitoki Closing In
The twenty-fifth day of the ninth month of Ansei 5 (1858), Kyoto. Miura Yoshinobu (Shichibei), the official steward of the shoshidai Sakai Tadaaki, brought a document to the residence of the former… -
The Result of Manabe’s Report to the Throne ―― From the Second Month to the Twelfth Month of Ansei 5
In other words, it was a letter happily reporting the outcome in Kyoto. Ii read through it that very morning. -
One Who Knocked at a Commoner’s Door in Yodo ―― Ansei 6, First Month: Sanjō Sanetsumu’s Request to Take the Tonsure and the Plan to Purge the Emperor’s Circle
It was around ten o'clock at night on the ninth day of the first month of Ansei 6 (1859). Someone knocked at the door of a commoner's house in Yodo. The master of the house was the former Minister of… -
A Worthless Promise to Return to National Seclusion ―― Manabe Akikatsu’s Audience at Court and the Proclamation on the Thirtieth Day of the Twelfth Month of Ansei 5
The thirtieth day of the twelfth month of Ansei 5 (1858). At his first audience at court on the twenty-fourth day of the tenth month, he was merely granted an imperial cup, on the grounds that the… -
Manabe’s Visit to the Palace and His Report ―― From the 2nd Month of Kōka 3 (1846) to the 12th Month of Ansei 5 (1858)
From early morning, Kyoto was struck by a sudden shower, and thunder rolled. At the hour of the snake, just before ten in the morning, the sky finally cleared. -
The author of the script was not shallow in judgment ―― the decision in the sixth month of Ansei 5 to send Manabe Akikatsu and Sakai Tadaaki up to the capital
The twelfth day of the sixth month of Ansei 5 (1858). -
The Tinted Lens of the Ii Side ―― The Eleventh Month of Ansei 5: From the Record of Inquiries into Mito Affairs to the Evil Hand Reaching Mito
The eleventh month of Ansei 5 (1858). A bundle of rumor records had been placed at Ii Naosuke's side. The title was "Record of Inquiries into Mito Affairs." -
Abe Masahiro’s Letter of Resignation ―― A Report of Headache and Dizziness, Fourth Month of Ansei 1
The tenth day of the fourth month of Ansei 1 (1854). Abe Masahiro, the senior councilor in the chief seat, did not attend the castle. He sent a short report to Makino Tadamasa, a fellow senior… -
“Take down the curtains,” said the commodore ―― A day at the Yokohama reception hall, the tenth day of the second month of Kaei 7
The tenth day of the second month of Kaei 7 (1854), Yokohama. The meeting hall on the shore was completely enclosed on all four sides with curtains. From outside, the interior could not be seen. -
The First Day of the Sixth Month: Announcement of the Adopted Lord ―― The Shogunate That Concealed the Name, and Kyoto’s Reply Blocked by the River
The first day of the sixth month of Ansei 5 (1858). The members of the Gosanke who had come to Edo Castle as usual (Owari excepted), the two kyō lords, and the men of the Tamarinoma-zume were ordered… -
Manabe Akikatsu’s Deception ―― The Document of the Kogosho and “Nothing But Lies,” Tenth Month, Ansei 5
The lower chamber of the Kogosho. Present together were the court liaisons to the shogunate, Hirohashi Mitsushige and Madenokōji Masafusa. The matter was taken up at the fifth hour of the night,… -
While the Shogun Still Breathed ―― Ii Naosuke’s Punishment of Owari, Mito, and Echizen on the Fifth Day of the Seventh Month of Ansei 5 (1858)
Ii Naosuke went to the castle at the usual hour, and his departure that day extended to half past the hour of nine at night, reaching one in the morning. The reason was that the beriberi of the…
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