Foreword to the English Edition Introduction. I The Background of Bakumatsu Diplomatic Ceremonial Chapter 1 The Ceremonial and Foreign Relations of the Tokugawa Shogunate Part 1. Palace Ceremonial of the Tokugawa Shogunate Part 2. Ceremonial for Receiving Korean Missions in Practice Part 3. The Accumulation of Diplomatic Experience: Shogunate Retainer Tsutsui Masanori Chapter 2 Diplomatic Ceremonial in Western Part 1. Standards of Diplomatic Business Part 2. Advances into Non-Western Areas and Views of Ceremonial Chapter 3 United States Consul General Harris's Audience with the Shogun (1857) Part 1. How the Audience Came to Be Agreed Upon Part 2. The Day Townsend Harris Appeared at Edo Castle: The Twenty-First Day of the Tenth Month of Ansei 4 Part 3. Conclusion: Continuity from the Early Modern to Modern Era Chapter 4 The Evolution of Bakumatsu Ceremonial through Trial and Error Part 1. Shogunal Audiences for the Representatives of the Netherlands and Russia (1858) Part 2. Townsend Harris's Second Audience (1859) with the Shogun and Its Aftermath Part 3. Conclusion: Towards Sustainable Diplomacy Chapter 5 The Establishment of Ceremonial Forms Part 1. Developments Based on the "Permanent Ceremonial that Will Endure Unchanged" Part 2. Arriving at a Stable Diplomatic Ceremonial Regime Part 3. Conclusion: Diplomatic Ceremonial Taking Root and Significance of the Ceremonial Chapter 6 Tokugawa Yoshinobu's Audiences for Representatives of Four Western Nations (1867) Part 1. The Background of, and Preparations for, the Osaka Audiences Part 2. Osaka Castle on the Days of the Audiences Part 3. Developments after the Osaka Audiences Part 4. Conclusion: The Further Unfolding of Bakumatsu Diplomatic Ceremonial Conclusion: How Bakumatsu Diplomatic Ceremonial Brought About "Diplomacy between Equals" Sources Afterword Timeline Index