The heroic story of how Samurai Warlord Saigo Takamori rose up against the changing of the times. But actually, it wasn't really about that at all.
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Andrew Gordon. A History of Modern Japan
William Beasley. The Meiji Restoration
James Buck. The Satsuma Rebellion of 1877
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The Samurai
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