抄録
The Iwakura Mission left its name in history by introducing Western civilization to Japan, although it failed in its diplomatic negotiations with the great powers of the time. Its experiences and observations influenced such aspects of Japanese life as legislation, the military and education. The Iwakura Mission’s significance has been researched mostly from a historical or diplomatic viewpoint, but the mission has been rarely studied as a model for inspection tours. I consider this mission to be among the most vital in the modem history of Japan, and my focus in this paper is on its characteristics as an inspection tour based on its report, the Bei-O Kairan Jikki. The raison d’être of this inspection tour is clarified by comparing the study mission of the Meiji era with one of today.
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