Takii, Kazuhiro,  1967- <br/><br/>
Ito Hirobumi  Japan's first prime minister and father of the Meiji Constitution /  [electronic resource] : 
Takii Kazuhiro ; translated by Takechi Manabu ; edited by Patricia Murray. 
 - New York :  Routledge,  2014. 
 - 1 online resource (xiv, 250 p.) :  ill., ports. 
 - Nichibunken monograph series ;  no. 16 Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia ;  94 .
<br/><br/> "First edition published as Ito Hirobumi : chi no seijika in 2010 by Chuo Koron Shinsha"--Title page verso. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>1. Encounter with Western civilization -- 2. A constitution for Japan : building the foundation -- 3. Ito the constitutional evangelist -- 4. Creating a society for knowledge : the Seiyukai -- 5. Consolidating the national structure : the constitutional reforms of 1907 -- 6. Ito and China -- 7.  Fostering governance in two countries. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781315818979 (ebook : PDF) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Ito, Hirobumi, 1841-1909 --Political and social views.<br/>Ito, Hirobumi, 1841-1909. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Constitutional history--Japan.<br/>Prime ministers--Japan--Biography.<br/>Statesmen--Japan--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Japan--Politics and government--1868-1912.