Chapter IV: Part IV: Appendix. 1893

XVI. THE CONSTITUTION IN THEORY AND IN PRACTICE. 1893-1906 199
XVII. PARTIES AND POLITICS. 1893-1906 213
XVIII. ECONOMIC PROGRESS. 1893-1906 242
XIX. THE CHINO-JAPANESE WAR. 1894-1895 252
XX. JAPAN AND RUSSIA IN KOREA AND MANCHURIA. 1893-1904 275
XXI. THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR AND ITS AFTERMATH. 1904-. 303

BIBLIOGRAPHY 331

INDEX 337

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

GENERALS OF THE LATE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR (Photogravure)
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AINOS WORSHIPING 28
ABDUCTION OF GOSHIRAKAWA (_in color_) 60
THE INVASION BY THE MONGOL TARTARS 76
THE PROCESSION OF FEUDAL LORDS 124
A PICNIC ON THE ASUKA HILL IN THE FLOWERY SEASON 156

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JAPAN BEFORE THE FIFTH CENTURY 10
JAPAN 61
NORTHERN JAPAN 85
SOUTHERN JAPAN 99
KOREA 117
CENTRAL JAPAN 124
JAPANESE PORTS OPENED TO FOREIGN TRADE. 1858 159
DOWNFALL OF THE EDO GOVERNMENT. 1867-1868 168
THE INSURRECTION IN THE ISLAND OF KIUSHŪ. 1877 181
ISLAND POSSESSIONS OF JAPAN 193
FIRST ENGAGEMENTS OF CHINO-JAPANESE WAR. 1894 261
CAMPAIGNS IN KOREA AND MANCHURIA 268
WEI-HAI-WEI, FORMOSA, AND PESCADORES 270
FOREIGN SPHERES OF INFLUENCE IN CHINA AND MANCHURIA 278
JAPANESE ADVANCE TO LIAO-YANG 309
BATTLE OF THE SEA OF JAPAN, RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR 315