Beasley, William G. (1955).
Select Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy, 1853–1868.
London: Oxford University Press. [
reprinted by RoutledgeCurzon, London, 2001.
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Blomberg, Catherina. (
1994).
The Heart of the Warrior: Origins and Religious Background of the Samurai in Feudal Japan.
London: RoutledgeCurzon.
ISBN 1-873410-06-9
Cullen, L.M. (2003).
A History of Japan, 1582-1941: Internal and External Worlds.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
ISBN 0-521-82155-X (cloth) ISBN 0-521-52918-2 (paper)
Hawks, Francis. (
1856).
Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan Performed in the Years 1852, 1853 and 1854 under the Command of Commodore M.C. Perry, United States Navy, Washington: A. O. P. Nicholson by order of Congress, 1856; originally published in Senate Executive Documents, No.
34 of 33rd Congress, 2nd Session.
 [reprinted by London:Trafalgar Square, 2005.
ISBN 1-84588-026-9 (paper)]
Sewall, John S. (1905).
The Logbook of the Captain's Clerk: Adventures in the China Seas, Bangor, Maine: Chas H. Glass & Co. [reprint by Chicago: R.R. Donnelly & Sons, 1995] ISBN 0-548-20912-X
Beasley, William G. (1955). Select Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy, 1853–1868. London: Oxford University Press. [reprinted by RoutledgeCurzon, London, 2001.  ISBN 978-0-19-713508-2 (cloth)]
Blomberg, Catherina. (1994). The Heart of the Warrior: Origins and Religious Background of the Samurai in Feudal Japan. London: RoutledgeCurzon. ISBN 1-873410-06-9
Cullen, L.M. (2003). A History of Japan, 1582-1941: Internal and External Worlds. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-82155-X (cloth) ISBN 0-521-52918-2 (paper)
Hawks, Francis. (1856). Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan Performed in the Years 1852, 1853 and 1854 under the Command of Commodore M.C. Perry, United States Navy, Washington: A. O. P. Nicholson by order of Congress, 1856; originally published in Senate Executive Documents, No. 34 of 33rd Congress, 2nd Session.  [reprinted by London:Trafalgar Square, 2005. ISBN 1-84588-026-9 (paper)]
Sewall, John S. (1905). The Logbook of the Captain's Clerk: Adventures in the China Seas, Bangor, Maine: Chas H. Glass & Co. [reprint by Chicago: R.R. Donnelly & Sons, 1995] ISBN 0-548-20912-X
Hayashi Gakusai