Essay Assignment: The Meiji Restoration of 1868 has been seen as the grand transformation of a feudal order into a modern polity and as an event signaling the arrival of a new nation onto the world scene. Indeed, many historians have called the changes of that period "revolutionary." For this essay, we'll explore the memoir of Shiba Goro for its perspectives on this transformation and investigate the comparative value of primary and secondary sources for the study of history. Your task for this assignment is the following: In your essay, please analyze the perspective that Shiba Gorō provides on the revolutionary changes that accompany and follow the Meiji Restoration in the translated memoir, Remembering Aizu: The Testament of Shiba Gorō. Specifically, you should build a developed analysis centered on the following question: what, specifically, is the most important insight that this primary source account provides into the history of the Meiji Restoration, and why?