CHAPTER XV VISIT TO KAGOSHIMA AND UWAJIMA 167 CHAPTER XVI FIRST VISIT TO OZAKA 185 CHAPTER XVII RECEPTION OF FOREIGN MINISTERS BY THE TYCOON 194 CHAPTER XVIII OVERLAND FROM OZAKA TO YEDO 204 CHAPTER XIX SOCIAL INTERCOURSE WITH JAPANESE OFFICIALS--VISIT TO NIIGATA, SADO GOLD MINES, AND NANAO 228 CHAPTER XX NANAO TO OZAKA OVERLAND 239 CHAPTER XXI OZAKA AND TOKUSHIMA 252 CHAPTER XXII TOSA AND NAGASAKI 265 CHAPTER XXIII DOWNFALL OF THE SHOGUNATE 281 CHAPTER XXIV OUTBREAK OF CIVIL WAR (1868) 295 CHAPTER XXV HOSTILITIES BEGUN AT YEDO AND FUSHIMI 310 CHAPTER XXVI THE BIZEN AFFAIR 319 CHAPTER XXVII FIRST VISIT TO KIOTO 332 CHAPTER XXVIII HARAKIRI--NEGOTIATIONS FOR AUDIENCE OF THE MIKADO AT KIOTO 343 CHAPTER XXIX MASSACRE OF FRENCH SAILORS AT SAKAI 351 CHAPTER XXX. KIOTO--AUDIENCE OF THE MIKADO 356 CHAPTER XXXI RETURN TO YEDO AND PRESENTATION OF THE MINISTER'S NEW CREDENTIALS AT OZAKA 364 CHAPTER XXXII MISCELLANEOUS INCIDENTS--MITO POLITICS 373 CHAPTER XXXIII CAPTURE OF WAKAMATSU AND ENTRY OF THE MIKADO INTO YEDO 386 CHAPTER XXXIV ENOMOTO WITH THE RUNAWAY TOKUGAWA SHIPS SEIZES YEZO 395 CHAPTER XXXV 1869--AUDIENCE OF THE MIKADO AT YEDO 400 CHAPTER XXXVI LAST DAYS IN TOKIO AND DEPARTURE FOR HOME 409 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE THE LAST OF THE SHOGUNS _Frontispiece_