![Meiji Restoration Part 7: The Last Samurai](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog9618333/2000_247_l_dk2s2j_300x300.jpg)
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.
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Bibliography:
Beasley, W. G. The Meiji Restoration. Stanford University Press, 2019.
Keene, Donald. Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His World 1852-1912. Columbia University Press, 2002.
Hillsborough, Romulus. Samurai Revolution: the Dawn of Modern Japan through the Eyes of the Shogun's Last Samurai. Tuttle Publishing, 2018.
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Cover Image: Illustration of a Military Review by Toyohara Chikanobu, 1887.
Opening Theme: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World", Op. 95, B. 178 by Antonín Dvořák.
Closing Theme: "Miyasan, Miyasan," performed by the Daiei Company Male Choir.
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