Shojiro Goto
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3 days ago · In Japan, the period between 1853 and 1867 was a time of intense civil strife now known as the Bakumatsu: the end of the Tokugawa shogunate. For over 250 years the Tokugawa Shoguns had presided over a feudal military government.
- Nene-no-Michi Lane
Nene-no-Michi Lane is a wonderful flagstone walkway that...
- Kodai-ji Temple
Often overlooked by tourists, Kodai-ji Temple is one of the...
- Kiyomizu-dera Temple
Kiyomizu-dera Temple - Kyoto Samurai - Inside Kyoto
- Sannen-zaka Lane
Two of Kyoto’s most attractive streets are Sannen-zaka and...
- Nene-no-Michi Lane
3 days ago · An uprising in Chōshū expressed dissatisfaction with administrative measures that deprived the samurai of their status and income. In Saga, samurai called for a foreign war to provide employment for their class. The last, and by far the greatest, revolt came in Satsuma in 1877.
1 day ago · Under the second and third shoguns, Hidetada and his successor, Iemitsu, the bakufu control policy advanced further until the bakuhan system—the government system of the Tokugawa shogunate; literally a combination of bakufu and han (the domain of a daimyo)—reached its completion.
3 days ago · Sorachi liked the Bakumatsu and Sengoku periods due to how both were eras of change and thus presented the positive and negative points of humanity. The series was then set in an alternate Bakumatsu to give a bigger significance to the characters' bushido as in that time samurais were at the low point of their lives. [11]
2 days ago · Set in Japan’s Bakumatsu period, Koei Tecmo’s Rise of the Ronin is a game that aimed for a high level of historical accuracy, with even its asynchronous-looking glider being based on a documented Edo period inventor’s blueprint (source: PlayStation Blog).
2 days ago · Blue Miburo also adds another twist—rather than focusing on just the samurai, they examine the Bakumatsu era through the eyes of the most unseen—the children.
3 days ago · In 1868, after the Bakumatsu war ends, the ex-assassin Kenshin Himura traverses Japan with an inverted sword, to defend the needy without killing.
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