I enjoy "Atsuhime", NHK's historical drama. I read again Ryotaro Shiba's "Saigo no Shogun" (Last Shogun), which is a story of the 15th (=last) Shogun, Yoshinobu Tokugawa (1937-1913).
He succeeded the Tokugawa shogunate and soon returned back political power to Tennou in 1967 . After resigning in late 1867, he went into retirement, and largely avoided the public eye for the rest of his life. Shiba wrote that he was so talented and he must be the best contributor for peaceful Meiji Restoration.
Both Shintaro Abe and Yasuo Fukuda resigned prime minister in short period. There is so much difference between Yoshinobu and them. They just gave up their capability to maintain administration, while Yoshinobu sacrificed his talent to hand over to next era. In financial world, Nomura or Mitsubishi Bank start playing important rolls. I hope Taro Aso ( be careful to pronounce, not "asshole" ) or Ichiro Ozawa will lead Japan and the world in political field.
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