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The Satsuma Rebellion, also known as the Seinan War ( Japanese: 西南戦争, Hepburn: Seinan Sensō, lit. 'Southwestern War'), was a revolt of disaffected samurai against the new imperial government of Japan, nine years into the Meiji era.
Oct 24, 2019 · In 1877, the samurai of the Satsuma Province rose up in the Satsuma Rebellion or Seinan Senso (Southwestern War), challenging the authority of the Restoration Government in Tokyo and testing the new imperial army.
Following the repression of the Satsuma Rebellion, a samurai uprising in 1877, Japan again forged ahead toward political unity, but there was an increasing trend of antigovernment protest from below, which was epitomized by the Movement for People’s Rights.
It was the final battle of the Satsuma Rebellion, where the heavily outnumbered samurai under Saigō Takamori made their last stand against Imperial Japanese Army troops under the command of General Yamagata Aritomo and Admiral Kawamura Sumiyoshi.
Jun 12, 2006 · On a muddy field outside Kagoshima on September 25, 1877, the feudal system that had dominated Japan for 700 years died, not with a whimper but with a defiant roar. At 6 that morning, the 40 remaining warriors of the last traditional samurai army in Japanese history rose from their foxholes, drew their swords and charged into the guns of the ...
The Satsuma Rebellion, also known as the Seinan War, was a conflict that took place in Japan from 1877 to 1878. It was a rebellion by the Satsuma domain against the Meiji government, which had recently implemented sweeping reforms and modernization efforts.
The Satsuma Rebellion, also known as the Seinan War ( Japanese: 西南戦争, Hepburn: Seinan Sensō, lit. 'Southwestern War'), was a revolt of disaffected samurai against the new imperial government of Japan, nine years into the Meiji era.
The Satsuma Rebellion was a revolt of disaffected samurai against the new imperial government, nine years into the Meiji Era. Its name comes from the Satsuma Domain, which had been influential in the Restoration and became home to unemployed samurai after military reforms rendered their status obsolete. The rebellion lasted from January 29 ...
Sep 16, 2021 · The eight-month-long Satsuma Rebellion was the last great rebellion of feudal Japan, quite literally the last stand of the disaffected samurai warriors against the new imperial government, put in place by the Meiji Restoration.
The first test of the young Meiji government came with the revolt of the powerful Satsuma clan based in the southern region of the island of Kyushu. This influential clan was headed by the Shimazu family, which had been founded by Shimazu Tadahisa, son of Minamoto Yoritomo, in the Kamakura period.
