In the final episode of our series on the Meiji Restoration, the Imperial government moves to suppress the Satsuma Rebellion- the desperate last stand of the former samurai class against the forces of modernization. We then recap the series and discuss the long-term effects of these events.

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Works Cited:

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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