History of Japan
History of Japan
Isaac Meyer
Episode 118 - The Fall of the Samurai, Part 2
35 minutes Posted Sep 19, 2015 at 4:00 am.
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In this ecclectic episode, we'll finish up our quick review of the Tokugawa period with a look at three things: the various issues which plagued the samurai class by the 19th century, three of the regions that will play a key role in the fall of the shogunate, and finally the foreign crisis.