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368 HONDA THE SAMUEAI. at last centered in the imperial person. The movement was effected by the influential men of the clans of Satsuma, Tosa, Echizen, Owari, Uwajima, Aki, and others, with the aid of a few daimios and kuge". The new Constitution was proclaimed as follows : Three new grades of officers and eight government departments were created, namely : I. Supreme administrator, relative of the Mikado. II. Officers to counsel and decide, of the rank of kuge* or daimio. III. Associate officers, either kuge", daimio, or their retainers, selected by the Mikado. The eight departments were: Supreme Executive Council, Religion, Interior, Foreign Affairs, War, Finance, Justice, Legislation. A parliament was also provided for by summoning to Kyoto three hundred and twelve samurai of ability and intelligence. Among those from Fukui was Mr. Rai Goro and Doctor Sano. Among the first of the associate officers invited to be adviser to the em- peror was Professor Koba. The prince of Echizen was made vice-minister of the department of the interior. He hoped the revolution would be consummated without war. A newspaper was established in Kyoto, and the new Constitution and appointments were published in it. Having now won their main purpose, tlie men who had veiled their larger purpose and nobler patriotism under the cry of " Honor the Mikado and " expel the barbarian ! checkmated the foreignerhaters and silenced their cry. One of the first acts
A 2TEW NATION. 369 of the new government was to ratify the treaties with the foreign nations in the name of the Mikado. All this was not done without opposition, and the far-seeing and high-souled patriots who had now the destinies of Japan in their hands were denounced as traitors both by the fanatical retainers of Tokugawa and by the haters of the bakufu, who thought that they had been betrayed by their old comrades. To many of the ronins the possession of the Mikado and government had been eagerly awaited as the signal of war, but instead they found it meant peace. Echi- zen and Owari were sent to Ke'iki to invite him to high office under the new government. He at first agreed, but afterward yielded to the counsel of Aidzu and other clans and advanced on Kyoto with a large army to drive out the men forming the new government. At the battle of Fushimi, fought dur- ing three days, from January 27 to 30, the ex-Tycoon's forces were beaten and he himself found refuge on the American man-of-war Iroquois. The loyal army now marched against Yedo, captured it, fought a battle at Uye'no, and then in the north won victories in many places. On the sea, with the ironclad ex- Confederate ram Stonewall, brought from the United States, the loyal forces overcame the navy of the adherents of Tokugawa. Yedo was made the kyo, or capital, and being in the east was called Tokyo, or Eastern Capital. Here the Mikado came to live, and henceforth Tokyo became the political, literary, educational, and religious center of the empire. Kyoto was named Sai-kyo, or the western capital,
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A 2TEW NATION. 369<br />
of the new government was to ratify the treaties<br />
with the foreign nations in the name of the Mikado.<br />
All this was not done without opposition, and the<br />
far-seeing and high-souled patriots who had now the<br />
destinies of Japan in their hands were denounced as<br />
traitors both by the fanatical retainers of Tokugawa<br />
and by the haters of the bakufu, who thought that<br />
they had been betrayed by their old comrades. To<br />
many of the ronins the possession of the Mikado and<br />
government had been eagerly awaited as the signal<br />
of war, but instead they found it meant peace. Echi-<br />
zen and Owari were sent to Ke'iki to invite him to<br />
high office under the new government. He at first<br />
agreed, but afterward yielded to the counsel of Aidzu<br />
and other clans and advanced on Kyoto with a<br />
large army to drive out the men forming the new<br />
government. At the battle of Fushimi, fought dur-<br />
ing three days, from January 27 to 30, the ex-Tycoon's<br />
forces were beaten and he himself found refuge<br />
on the American man-of-war Iroquois. The loyal<br />
army now marched against Yedo, captured it, fought a<br />
battle at Uye'no, and then in the north won victories<br />
in many places. On the sea, with the ironclad ex-<br />
Confederate ram Stonewall, brought from the United<br />
States, the loyal forces overcame the navy of the<br />
adherents of Tokugawa. Yedo was made the kyo,<br />
or capital, and being in the east was called Tokyo,<br />
or Eastern Capital. Here the Mikado came to live,<br />
and henceforth Tokyo became the political, literary,<br />
educational, and religious center of the empire.<br />
Kyoto was named Sai-kyo, or the western capital,