Meiji Restoration Part 3: Chōshū and Satsuma

<p>In this episode of our series on the Meiji Restoration, the people of Japan struggle to enact the agenda of “enriching the country and strengthening the army” as events push erstwhile rivals Chōshū and Satsuma closer towards an alliance against the Tokugawa Shogunate.</p> <p><a href='mailto:%20historiadramaticapod@gmail.com'>Email me</a></p> <p><a href='https://twitter.com/kaiserwillemii'>Follow me on Twitter</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.facebook.com/historiadramaticapod'>Like the show on Facebook</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxDbRAn94A6txCiKozsxB_g'>Watch the show on YouTube</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.ebay.com/sch/historiadr-8/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from='>Visit the eBay store</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.patreon.com/user?u=55693541'>Support the show on Patreon</a></p> <p>Works Cited:</p> <p>Beasley, W. G. The Meiji Restoration. Stanford University Press, 2019.</p> <p>Keene, Donald. Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His World 1852-1912. Columbia University Press, 2002.</p> <p>Hillsborough, Romulus. Samurai Revolution: the Dawn of Modern Japan through the Eyes of the Shogun's Last Samurai. Tuttle Publishing, 2018.</p> <p>Jansen, Marius B. The Making of Modern Japan. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2000.</p> <p>Ravina, Mark. The Last Samurai: The Life and Battles of Saigo Takamori. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2011. </p> <p>Sansom, George. A History of Japan 1615-1867 Stanford University Press, 1998</p> <p>Cover Image: Illustration of a Military Review by Toyohara Chikanobu, 1887</p> <p>Opening Theme: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World", Op. 95, B. 178 by Antonín Dvořák</p> <p>Closing Theme: "Miyasan, Miyasan," performed by the Daiei Company Male Choir</p>