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Episode 130 - The Fall of the Samurai, Part 13
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Length:
31 minutes
Released:
Jan 2, 2016
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Podcast episode
Description
This week, we cover 1867: the final year of the Tokugawa shogunate (sort of). Caught between a loyalist rock and an imperial hard place, Tokugawa Yoshinobu will consider the unthinkable: resignation, and an end to 260 years of bakufu tradition.
Released:
Jan 2, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
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