The Battle of Shiroyama, the final stand of the Satsuma Rebellion, which effectively brought an end to the samurai class on 24 September 1877.
It’s been nine years since the Meiji Restoration, the massive political event that gives birth to the powerful nation state of the Empire of Japan. During the Meiji Era, Japan is changing rapidly from an isolated feudal society to a modernised and industrialised state influenced by Western ideas and technology. Watchhh out.
