Meiji Restoration Part 4: Final Days of the Shogunate

Meiji Restoration
Written By Willem Conner

Cover Image: Illustration of a Military Review by Toyohara Chikanobu, 1887.

Closing Theme: "Miyasan, Miyasan," performed by the Daiei Company Male Choir.

After months of scheming, a faction of imperial loyalists embark on their plan to restore the authority of the Emperor, resulting in the outbreak of armed conflict between the Shogunate and Imperial forces at the Battle of Toba-Fushimi.

 
Willem Conner
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