YATST1 Yates, Charles L: SAIGO TAKAMORI. The Man Behind the Myth. London, 1994. 250 pp. Glossary, notes, bibliography index. 22x14 cm. Cloth. GBP 45.00 The first real biography, in English or Japanese, of the great hero of Meiji Japan, which attempts both to reconstruct the man behind the myth and to examine the mythologising process and the power of Saigo's image in modern Japan. Subjects: History Can be ordered in, as of: 16/01/2010 Was item 411 in printed List 140. Record produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com.