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Edo period
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The Last Stand: When Did the Samurai End and Why?
Yet the myth of the samurai’s demise persists in Hollywood epics and anime, where they’re frozen as noble, doomed figures—clinging to honor until their last...
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The Exact Timeline: When Was the Meiji Restoration and Why It Changed Japan Forever
The transition from the Bakumatsu (the "end of the shogunate") to the Meiji period (1868–1912) was anything but smooth. Foreign gunboats had already forced...