Osei Fukko Tenno to Shogun No Meijishin (Kodansha Gendaishinsho)

[Machine Translation] The Shogun's first visit to Kyoto in 230 years, the Forbidden City Incident, and the decree of restoration of the monarchy: what happened at the Forbidden Palace during the turbulent final days of the Tokugawa shogunate? What was happening at the Forbidden Palace during the turbulent final days of the Tokugawa shogunate? The struggle between the Shogunate and the volunteer feudal lords over the Emperor. Okubo Toshimichi and other feudal lords moved into the inner court. The court nobles struggling to maintain the status quo. This is a behind-the-scenes look at the formation of the modern state.

230年ぶりの将軍上洛、禁門の変、そして王政復古の大号令―。激動の幕末期、禁裏御所では何が起きていたのか。天皇をめぐる幕府と有志大名との争い。宮中の奥へと進出していく大久保利通ら藩士たち。身分秩序の維持に腐心する公家勢力。近代国家が形成される舞台裏に迫る。