Meiji Restoration Part 7: The Last Samurai

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.

The Imperial government moves to suppress the Satsuma Rebellion- the desperate last stand of the former samurai class against the forces of modernization. With the deaths of the last mastermind of the restoration, a new generation takes charge of events in Japan.

 
 
Willem Conner
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