The Meiji Revolution very rapidly changed nearly every aspect of public life in Japan. Such rapid progress led, inevitably, to counter-revolutions among various groups who felt discarded by the march of modernization, including a large body of samurai in the land formerly known as Satsuma Domain.
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11/14/24 • 30 min
A History of Japan - Counter-Revolution
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Season 13, Episode 6: Counter-Revolution
As I hope I’ve made clear in this season’s preceding episodes, Japan’s modernization was not a simple, straightforward process nor was it universally accepted, much less championed, by the residents of Japan themselves. Thus far we’ve discussed riots against mandatory conscription, compulsory primary education, and property taxes among other unpopular new policies. It is not unusual, when any society’s leaders decide to introduce rapid,
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