Meiji Period: Satsuma Rebellion
Describes the events that led Saigo Takamori to resign from the government and become the leader of the seven-month rebellion, also known as the Seinan War and the War of the Southwest.
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Satsuma Rebellion in Japan 1877
Capsule summary of the last and most serious challenge to Meiji authority.
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