Hey everyone. I was reading a little about the book Kokoro. It was written in 1914 shortly after the Meiji Era (according to Wiki). During this period there were many reforms to government structure which included an establishment of written human rights, an aim to a more democratic government structure and sadly, the end of the Samurai. The goal (as I have read) during the Meiji period was to gain standing as an independent world power. Much of the effort involved exploring Western ideas on government as well as literature and philosophy.
I am sure that everyone else has stumbled on the same information that I have but I thought that it would be nice to put it out there. It might help to understand the conditions that the characters are working within.
