Japan: Being a Sketch of the History, Government and Officers of the Empire
Walter Dickson
Written in 1869, just as the shogunate fell, this book explains how feudal Japan was governed. It covers Nobunaga, Hideyoshi and Ieyasu, the laws of the Tokugawa, the court of the shogun and the daimyo class.
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