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Acquista i libri di Francesco Dei dal suo sito internet www.francescodei.com, Amazon o nelle principali librerie sparse sul territorio.Questa è la seconda parte della chiacchierata fatta con Francesco Dei, autore di libri storici sul Giappone e non solo. Mentre nella prima parte Francesco ci ha narrato la battaglia di Sekigahara, in questa seconda parte scopriremo come il risultato di quello scontro abbia plasmato i successivi 270 anni della storia giapponese, dall'ascesa alla carica di Shogun del clan Tokugawa, fino alla creazione della Repubblica di Ezo, breve esperimento repubblicano giapponese.Data la quantità di argomenti trattati, questa seconda parte risulterà meno lineare della precedente, ma assumerà i tratti di una vera chiacchierata, a cui spero vivamente vogliate partecipare nei commenti.La trascrizione è disponibile sul sito:https://www.podcastdelloshogun.itCerca il podcast sui social!https://www.facebook.com/podcastdelloshogunhttps://www.instagram.com/podcastdelloshogun/https://www.tiktok.com/@podcastdelloshogun---Mi trovi anche su Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/18pSpwnHNWevxRPaFpXh26Su Apple Podcast:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/podcast-dello-shogun/id1649546421Su Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/@PodcastDelloShogunSu Spreaker:https://www.spreaker.com/show/podcast-dello-shogun---Se desideri sostenere il podcast, puoi farlo in due modi:- Tramite ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/podcastdelloshogun- Tramite Paypal: https://paypal.me/podcastdelloshogunFonti:SAMURAI - LA GUERRA DELL'ANNO DEL DRAGO, LA CADUTA DELLO SHOGUNATO E LA RESTAURAZIONE MEIJIpodcastdelloshogun.itfrancescodei.comImmagine:La battaglia di Ueno#podcast #podcastitalia #francescodei #samurai #shogun #japanese #giappone #giapponese #japan #storia #history #storiagiappone #storiagiapponese #guerra #culturagiapponese #giapponefeudale #culturaorientale #letteratura #letteraturagiapponese #shinobi #shinobinomono #sengokujidai #sengoku #tokugawa #toyotomi #oda #ninja #podshogun

In the closing days of the Boshin War, the remnant of the Bakufu's forces attempted to establish a semi-independent state on the northern island of Hokkaido. The fledgling Meiji government, however, had no intention of allowing this.Support the show My latest novel, "Califia's Crusade," is now available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Apple Books, Bookshop.org, and many other online platforms!

Hey you! Long time no see, lemme give you a hug!....oops, sorry about the crushed bones, I just got really excited. Adventures await our hosts this episode! A Zelda game where you play as Zelda. Fallout crosses over with Doctor Who in a mod. Cole loses a game to his own hubris....except? Quinn falls head over heels into the loving arms of a giant swole badger. Usual stuff. As usual, you can find us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@UncommonCmdrMTG⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@GirlDickEnergy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@HBVC_MTG⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on Twitter, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@hbvc-mtg.bsky.social on Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(And check out MTG Lexicon over on Twitch!)⁠⁠ Content Shanid's Army of Legends! - Brew Review Podcast Do you have a Minute to Talk About Cabal Coffers? - Casual 7's Podcast This Card is WILD!

Tensions between the Bakufu and the freshly-energized Loyalists came to a head when a shogunate army was refused entry to Kyoto - then promptly fired upon. The ensuing Boshin War was largely one-sided, with Loyalists gaining repeated victories due to superior arms, tactics, and numbers.Support the Show.

Bird ihmemaassa on Taiga Sassan tositapahtumiin perustuva matkakertomus, jossa seikkailijatar Isabella Bird matkustaa halki Japanin vuonna 1878. Puhumme myös siitä, miten Punainen jättiläinen julkaisee suomeksi Jun Mochizukin mangan Vanitaksen kirja, Anime Feminist -sivuston BL-mangakahaastattelun synnyttämästä somekohusta sekä siitä, mikä tekee Netflixin One Piece -livesarjasta onnistuneemman kuin aikaisemmat vastaavat länsimaiset versioinnit. 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Last time we spoke the Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace, Tianjing had finally fallen to the forces of Zeng Guofan and his Xiang army. Hong Xiuquan, the self proclaimed brother of Jesus was dead. All the remaining Taiping Kings and Hong's son were hunted down and executed. History's bloodiest civil war was over, claiming the lives of 20-30 million people. Yet this civil war was just one event amongst many simultaneously occurring in the Qing dynasty. Foreign encroachment and internal strife were breaking down the dynasty brick by brick. China was facing an uncomfortable situation, she had to modernize to survive against threats abroad and within. Another nation, just across the sea, faced the same cataclysm, but would undergo a vastly different approach. Henceforth the two nations, China Big Brother and Japan, little brother, would never be the same again. #36 This episode is China & Japan: Big Brother & Little Brother   Welcome to the Fall and Rise of China Podcast, I am your dutiful host Craig Watson. But, before we start I want to also remind you this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Perhaps you want to learn more about the history of Asia? Kings and Generals have an assortment of episodes on history of asia and much more  so go give them a look over on Youtube. So please subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry for some more history related content, over on my channel, the Pacific War Channel where I cover the history of China and Japan from the 19th century until the end of the Pacific War. Now I want to say this right off the bat, for those of you who are fans of my Youtube channel and have seen my content, you already know my background from the beginning was more so the history of Japan. It was in fact my love of Japanese history that led me to the history of China and I think that says something about these two nations. You simply cannot speak about one's history without the other. I could delve deeply into the opening of Japan, its turbulent Bakumatsu period, my personal favorite, the Boshin war, the Meiji restoration, the Satsuma rebellion, etc etc. But this podcast is about the Fall and Rise of China. While my personal channel deals with both nations trying to give an equal amount of narrative to explain both their developments, I want to try my very best to keep it to the hip so to say. If you want more details about the historic events of Japan from 1600-1890 or so, check out my personal channel or perhaps become a Patreon over at www.patreon.com/pacificwarchannel and scream at me to do some podcasts in depth on those subjects, I certainly would love to dabble more into it, like for example a podcast dedicated to the Shinsengumi, the samurai police who fought to the bitter end to defend the Tokugawa shogunate during its death throes, just an idea.  The last time we spoke, I went over the end of the Taiping Rebellion, a momentous part of the history of Modern China. I literally sighed with relief upon completing that large series….then I stared at a blank page. Where do I even begin now? The first thing that came to my mind is how to explain what occurred to both China and Japan in the mid 19th century. Both nations were forced to modernize lest they become colonized by foreign powers. For China this was brutal, she was quite literally being carved up, but for Japan who had spent 265 years almost completely isolated under her Sakoku policy, she was opened up, went through hyper modernization and thwarted colonization as a result. Japan's story is quite different for numerous reasons, major ones being that she got the enormous benefit of seeing what was happening to China and learnt directly from China's predicament.  After the west defeated China during the Opium Wars and Commodore Perry opened up Japan in 1853, Asia could no longer maintain a separate existence. Both nations were forced to begin the process of becoming part of the world. Japan had many natural advantages over China. She was made up of 4 islands, very compact, sea transportation was widely available, her communications did not have to link very far. China would only get its first telegraph in the 1880s, and it took their governmental communications nearly a month to travel from one end of the country to the other. Japan being an island had always felt vulnerable to dangers from the sea. This sense of danger prompted Japan to seek knowledge of the outside world to protect herself. Chinese leaders had to worry about enemies coming over land from multiple directions, thus they were less concerned about the seas. Japan, had isolated herself for 265 years, while China had become the literal pinnacle of civilization, hoarding the worlds silver. Thus as you can imagine Japanese leadership were not as confident as the Chinese who saw themselves on top of the world, and you know that saying or the game, king of the mountain? Well its hard to sometimes see people coming after you when your on top. Japan was also more homogeneous, whereas China had hundreds of differing people, Han, Manchu's, Mongols, Uighurs, Tibetans, etc. Unifying such people and maintaining domestic harmony was pretty much impossible. China was also undergoing a population boom in the 19th century alongside massive food shortages. This led to the terrible rebellions such as the Taiping Rebellion, I think we covered that one pretty well, the Nian Rebellion which we talked about a little bit, but of course there were others. So I think we all know now the Taiping Rebellion encompassed many issues ongoing in China. For the Nian rebellion, it occurred mostly in the north and was basically peasants banding together to survive. Natural disasters had taken a toll, food was scarce and when bad times come, especially in China, bandits begin to roam. To fight off the bandits the Nian formed militias, but as you might imagine the Qing saw this and freaked out. The main purpose of the Nian was survival and resisting taxation, something I personally can subscribe to haha. Inevitably the Nian looted and raided as a means to keep their group going on, clashing with bandits, the Qing and other rebel groups like the Taiping. Much like the Taiping, the Nian failed to topple the Qing dynasty and were quelled gradually through the Qing ruthless campaigns that used scorched earth tactics. The Nian also were in the north and thus faced the forces of Mongol general Senggelinqin. Seng defeated the Nian and killed their greatest leader Zhang Lexing in 1863 from which the never recovered. After the 2nd opium war was done, the Qing simply were more able to deal with the internal rebellions, and the Nian unfortunately were close to Beijing and not as formidable as the Taiping. Now while all that was going on, multiple muslim rebellions occurred. There was the Hui Muslim backed Panthay Rebellion in southwestern China, mostly in Yunnan province. Panthay is the Burmese word used by Burmese for Chinese muslims who arrived from Burma to Yunnan. They were fighting discrimination and like many other rebellions during this time, they saw the Manchu weakened as a result of the opium wars and decided there was an opportunity to become independent. By the way while I am referring to this as a quote muslim rebellion it was not at all exclusively muslim, many non-muslims joined them such as the Shan and Kachin people of Burma. Once the Taiping were dealt the Qing had a stronger hand south and gradually quelled them by 1868. To the northwest of China came the Dungan revolts led mostly by Hui muslim chinese in Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia provinces. These revolts raged from 1862-1877 and they began from conflicts between Hui and Han chinese. It was a terrible time leading to massacres, famines, massive migrations of people, plagues, simply awful stuff. In northwest China its estimated something like 21 million people died. Zuo Zongtang, a subordinate of Zeng Guofan rose to prominence and created his own army based on the Xiang model called the “chu army”. He largely was responsible for quelling the Dungan revolts.  So ye China was dealing with a lot. The 1860's in general were a turning point for China and Japan. Both nations gained new governing structures and resumed official contacts with another for the first time in over 2 centuries. For Japan the 1860's were part of what is called the Bakumatsu period, its this very messy point in their history where the leadership of Japan was frantically trying to figure out how to save themselves from colonization. Over in China the 1860's leads us into a period known as the Tongzhi restoration named after the new emperor. The Taiping by the early 1860's were on a steady decline and this gave the Qing leadership finally a moment to try and rebuild national strength. For Japan this period saw the Shogun being overthrown in 1868, and this also led to a bitter war called the Boshin war of 1868-1869. One of my personal favorite wars by the way, I have an episode on it over on my personal channel the Pacific War channel if you want the full rundown and a ton of Chimbara film clips to give it flavor. To brutally summarize, there was a call to end the Tokugawa shogunate, they even gave the Tokugawa family a great severance package, but the Shogun did not go down without a fight. Loyal hans and the Shinsengumi fought to retain the SHogunate while the hans of Satsuma/Choshu and Tosa rose up and defeated them. After the shogunate was dissolved Japan went into the Meiji restoration, which I also have a full episode on sorry for the plug ins over at my Youtube. I perhaps will get into it later, but to summarize the Meiji restoration is the greatest feat of Modernization I would say in human history. Its a hyper modernization process where Japan took the very best aspects of the outside world, while trying to retain important parts of their own culture to mold Japan into a modern state. They were extremely successful and as a result achieved the number one goal of the Meiji restoration, thwarting colonization. The Japanese had resolutely responded to the challenges from the west. As for China, with the death of Emperor Xianfeng in 1861 came the enthronement of Emperor Tongzhi at the age of 5. The Qing leadership were eager to restore the social order that had been severely damaged by the Taiping Rebellion, the Second Opium War and countless other rebellions. Xianfeng who died at the age of 30 was considered a failed emperor and I mean I would have to strongly agree. The guy spent all his time getting high, messing with his harem and fled the capital, never returning to it. China had been left in a disastrous state, but with the defeat of the Taiping came new leadership. That leadership was not Emperor Tongzhi, but rather a mix of Prince Gong and Empress Dowager Cixi. The Empress Dowager proved to be very skilled in managing court politics and quickly became the dominant power during the Tongzhi period and that power would last basically until her death in 1908.  Prince Gong and other officials realized that to cope with the foreigners, new skills and new technology, especially that of shipping and weaponry would be required. But many Qing officials remained focused on cultivating the moral qualities that they considered essential for national vitality. Empress Dowager Cixi and many Qing officials believed that the essence of China's problems stemmed from the loss of a true confucian spirit. To address this problem, they sought to restore the importance of the imperial examination system and to eliminate the major corrupt issue that had emerged, that of buying and selling offices. As I had pointed out in the Opium War series, while in the past the integrity of the Qing dynasty and the other dynasties before it lay in officials being appointed by the merits after taking the imperial examination, starting around the 19th century this kinda fell apart. Officials were gradually purchasing their appointments and other high ranking officials began selling appointments, such as the Cohong merchants who basically inherited an incredible debt upon taking their role and were expected to extort funds back to their backers. The Qing dynasty was extremely corrupt and would just keep getting worse and worse. Cixi valued the importance of symbolism and undertook the building of the new summer palace after it was burnt down during the 2nd opium war. Her name would infamously be attached to the building of the summer palace which was unbelievably expensive. Many accusations and myths for that matter would involve Cixi utilizing funds for necessities of the empire instead for the palace. Now in 1861, China launched a self-strengthening movement. This focused upon training troops, building their ships and producing their own weaponry. Self-strengthening movements were not new to China, they had been seen countless times such as when the Ming began seeking foreign aid to fend off the Qing invasion all the way back in the 16th century. Now as we saw during the end half of the Taiping rebellion series, Zeng Guofan tackled self-strengthening head on. One of Zeng Guofans scholar colleagues was a man named Feng Guifen who had sent him a series of essays in 1861 highlighting the issue of self-strengthening. Feng spent considerable time focusing on studying warfare against the Taiping, specifically in the east around Shanghai. He was very impressed by the western military technology present there and would often write to Zeng Guofan about it. Likewise Zeng Guofan wrote in his diaries about self-strengthening and how western technology could be used to defend China's sovereignty and territorial integrity. Zeng Guofan's second hand man, Li Hongzhang likewise wrote of self strengthening during this time period and identified how Western power lied upon their technology and that China must learn to construct the same machines they did. He advocated first to apply this to the military, but gradually it must also apply to industry at large. As we saw during the Taiping Rebellion, there was a large struggle by both the Qing and Taiping to get their hands on western arms. Zeng Guofan purchased many western arms for his Xiang army and the Qing famously employed the EVA forces. By 1860 the majority of Qing leadership types including the scholar class were aware they had to move with the times and study western technology. By 1861 China officially began a self strengthening movement which can be seen to have three phases the first going from around 1861-1872, the second from 1872-1885 and the third from 1885-1895. The first phase focused on training of troops, building ships and the production of arms. With support from Prince Gong, Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang, Zuo Zongtang and other officials began major projects. Zeng Guofan established a arsenal in Shanghai, Li Hongzhang built one in Nanjing and Tianjin and Zuo Zongtang built a dockyard at Fuzhou. The arsenals were created with help from foreign advisors and administrators who also set up schools for the study of specific sciences like mechanics. The Qing government likewise created the “Tongwen Guan” “school of combined learning” in Beijing. The purpose of the school was initially to teach foreign languages, but it would gradually expand course curriculum towards astronomy, mathematics, chemistry, medicine and so on. The school would begin a transformative process and lead to the construction of similar schools. Li Hongzhang for example would go on to create language schools in shanghai, Guangzhou and Fuzhou pioneering western studies. Zeng, Li and Zuo initially used foreign workers to build up their factories and arms, until their own native chinese could learn the skills necessary to replicate the processes. At Li Hongzhangs Jiangnan arsenal they began producing Remington breech loading rifles. They began production in 1871 and by 1873 produced 4200 rifles. The rifles were expensive to make and inferior to actual remington arms, but it was a start. The naval dockyards at Fuzhou amongst others had a much more difficult job ahead of them. By the time they began producing ships, they turned out to be twice as expensive than simply purchasing ships from Britain. This led China to purchase more ships to meet the demand and by the 1880s China would be purchasing and creating more ships than Japan. Also in the 1880s Li Hongzhang established the CHina Merchants steam navigation company to help China create its own commercial shipping, something necessary for modern trade. Another big process of modernization in the 19th century was of course, trains. Chinese laborers famously traveled to north american to help build the great railroad systems in both the United States and Canada. This prompted Qing officials to advocate for the same thing in China, famous figures like Lin Zexu and Hong Rengang called for this. However the hardline conservative types, most notably Empress Dowager Cixi were very reluctant about steam engine technology and that of trains. There were various reasons they were wary over railroad development. In 1865 a British merchant built a 600 meter long railroad outside Xuanwu Gate in Beijing to demonstrate the technology to the Qing imperial court. The courts reactions was mixed, they were certainly impressed by its functionality, but also found it very noisy and strange, so they had it quickly dismantled. It would not be until 1876 when the first railroad was established known as the Woosung road. It went from the American concession in Shanghai to Woosung, present day Zhabei district. It was built by Jardine Matheson & co, the nefarious company that had sunk its teeth into China since the first days of opium smuggling began under it. The construction of the railroad was done without approval from the Qing government and thus would get dismantled the next year. Then in 1881 another railway was created, the Kaiping Tramway and Imperial Railways of north china. British engineer Claude William Kinder spearhead the project with the support of Li Hongzhang, creating a line from Tangshan to Xugezhuang. It would expand eventually to Tianjin in 1888 and Shanhaiguan by 1894. It got the name Guanneiwai railway and was met with multiple attempts by conservative Qing officials to be dismantled. Famously Empress Dowager Cixi fought against Li Hongzhang who persisted to tell her railways were necessary to advance China. She was against their construction because she believed their noise would disturb the emperors tombs. Li Hongzhang tried everything he could to get her on board and at one point she tried to compromise with him asking if the train carts could be horse drawn instead. Yet despite her rather hilarious attempts to thwart railway construction by the 1890s great railways were created to link up eastern and central China.  Now over in Japan, after the Boshin War was over, Japan famously sent a mission out to the west known as the Iwakura Mission of 1871-1873. The purpose of the mission was to study the most important aspects of the west from the most powerful nations. The diplomats and students that went on the mission would become key leaders in the new Meiji government of Japan driving the restoration. China also performed its own Iwakura Mission, but it was not as large in scale, and those who went on it did not exactly end up being the great drivers of modernization like their Japanese counterparts were. Three years before the Iwakura mission, a Chinese delegation known as the Burlingame Mission arrived in the United States. The delegation extended its journey to Britain, France, Prussia, Russia and visited smaller nations briefly before returning to China in 1870. The purpose of the delegation was to investigate how westerners conducted diplomacy so the Qing could figure out a means to get rid of the unequal treaties. It was the very same reason the Japanese would send their Iwakura mission. Anson Burlingame, a US minister and envoy to Beijing was appointed by the Qing to lead the delegation. Around 30 members attended the mission, and in 1870 Burlingame died of Pneumonia forcing two of the Chinese delegates, Zhigang and Sun Jiagu to take the reins of it. They met with heads of state, visited factories, shipyards, mines, all things big industry. They got to see electricity, machinery many scientific wonders, but also the plight of their own people. Yes they got to witness the conditions Chinese workers went through on the railways in places like California. They saw Chinese going into mines and not coming back out. This prompted some delegates to ask the question “why do Christian missionaries who do such good work in China, bully Chinese workers in California?”. The delegate Zhigang would publish some of these observations in a book giving very harrowing accounts.  Another delegate, Zeng Jize, the eldest son of Zeng Guofan came back with extremely positive opinions of everything he saw in the west and was met with harsh criticism from conservative officials for being too sympathetic towards foreign customs. Li Hongzhang and other officials however grabbed the delegates when they got back to China, extremely eager to hear all about what they had seen. Li Hongzhang was particularly interested in the political and economic aspects of the west. Empress Dowager Cixi personally met with some delegates when they got back asking questions about things happening aboard. Even the conservative types were gravely concerned with how things were moving in the west. But the end result did not lead to a Meiji restoration. While Japanese leaders were investing in industry and infrastructure, Chinese leaders were looking to restore their national spirit instead. Its hard to blame the Qing leaders, unlike Japan who largely avoided conflict with the west, though there were a few fights in Satsuma against the British for example, well the Qing was like an old boxer who just got KO'd a few times too many. The opium wars and internal rebellions had destroyed the Chinese public's faith in their government, the fabric of the mandate of heaven was unraveling. So instead of putting all the money into industry, many projects were enacted to re-envigorate the grandeur of the Qing.As I had said, the Empress Dowager Cixi famously invested incredible sums of money to renovate the Summer Palace in Beijing. Infamously she took funds intended for modernizing the navy and used them to build a marble boat pavilion at the summer palace.  Li Hongzhang believed in addition to the factories, arsenals and shipyards, China needed to update its school system and wanted to send students abroad just like Japan was doing. He also advocated that the civil service exams should offer technical knowledge alongside the cultural knowledge and he was met with large scale protest. By 1885 conservatives in Beijing began cracking down on the modernization. So while Chinese students stayed for the most part in China, Japan sent countless aboard to learn everything they could from the west. Now the Iwakura mission that went to the west also came to China on its way back. After witnessing 15 nations and all their wonders, they came to Shanghai where they spent 3 days. They were hosted by the Shanghai official Chen Fuxun and they were shocked by what they saw in the city. That shock was at the lack of change, the travelers who had grown up in a world where China was Big Brother were shocked that big brother seemed to have fallen behind. Kume Kunitake, the chief chronicler of the voyage said this of his first impressions of Shanghai  “There are no sewers, and urine flows along the streets. Amid all this, the inhabitants seem quite unconcerned.” Believing that the Japanese were harboring illusions about Chinese sophistication based on the past, he tried to correct the view of his countrymen who “regarded every Chinese to be a refined gentleman well versed in literature and the arts. Thus [in Japan] the custom still persists of holding any curios, calligraphy, paintings, poetry or literature from China in high esteem. . . . Under the Qing dynasty, learning has been stagnant in China.” The members of the Iwakura mission had all studied history and knew of the great Tang dynasty and the greatest of China, but now in 1873 they thought there was very little to learn from her anymore. They shared a kinship with China, wished she could resist the western encroachments and remain a great civilization, but it looked to them China had no great leadership. China, Japan and even Korea had young emperors, but only Emperor Meiji would acquire real authority. In China emperor Tongzhi took the throne at 5, but it was Cixi who really ran the show. In Korea Emperor Gojong took the throne at the age of 12 in 1864, but his father Taewongun really held the power. Both Gojong and Tongzhi would be hampered by their relatives and isolated from advisors who might educate them on western advances. Emperor Meiji meanwhile was tutored by senior advisers starting in 1868 preparing him for his role in leadership. Lack of leadership led to a lack of ability to reign in certain aspects of modernization necessary for progress. In Japan key individuals working with Emperor Meiji grabbed the reigns of foreign affairs gradually dismantling the unequal treaties the west had forced upon Japan. The key individual in China who would undertake foreign affairs was Li Hongzhang who was for the most part doing everything on his own initiative and had to fight off conservatives. In Japan, foreign affairs specialists emerged, but this was not the case in China. Even emperor Meiji himself took an interest to learn about foreign affairs. Japan hired many western specialists in all aspects of governmental bureaucracy to help train the Japanese. When Chinese officials went to Japan in 1877 to set up a legation, they were astonished to find the Japanese bureaucracy for foreign affairs, unlike that in China had completely adopted European procedures and protocols.  One of the Iwakura missions delegates was a man named Ito Hirobumi and he would serve in the foreign office before becoming prime minister in 1885. He studied in England, learning quickly that Japan was weaker than her and that Japan needed to learn from her to become strong. With his ability to speak english, Ito became the key man responsible for negotiations with other nations. He was to be Li Hongzhangs Japanese counterpart, and helped negotiate the Treaty of Tianjin in 1858 with Li. Both men would have a special relationship that was long lasting. The first time Chinese and Japanese officials met after two centuries was when the Senzaimaru arrived in Shanghai in 1862. The officials were strangers without precedents, they had no idea how to move forward. The Japanese members of the first Senzaimaru trip were carefully selected for their ability not only to learn about potential markets for Japanese goods, but also to investigate the political situation so Japan could open formal relations with China. 51 Japanese took part on the mission which lasted 2 months. The highest Chinese official in Shanghai, was our old friend Wu Xu. Since no Chinese were in Japan prior to notify about the mission, they literally just showed up to Shanghai and this certainly perplexed Wu Xu as to what he should do. Wu Xu reported the delegations arrival to Beijing but received a reply with no clear directions, thus he acted with caution. The Dutch helped the two sides speak and assured Wu Xu that the Japanese were reliable traders and this prompted Wu Xu to accept selling their goods. The Japanese brought things they already knew the Chinese market most likely desired, sea products, lacquerware, paper fans, nothing too fancy. Trade was slow, no treaties or relations were established, but the Japanese gathered great intelligence on the status of the Qing dynasty. They had not yet recovered from the Taiping Rebellion, to the Japanese China looked like chaos. They were shocked by the poverty, filth, the lack of hygiene. They were disappointed to find what their ancestors considered the greatest civilization seemed to be in rubles. They were outraged to find out how mistreated the Chinese were at the hands of westerners. They thought westerners extremely arrogant, mistreating Chinese like slaves in their own country it was so shameful. They worried what the British and French had done to the Chinese during the Opium Wars might come to Japan and indeed the British made a minor attack in Satsuma in 1863 and Choshu in 1864 raising concerns. I would like to take this time to remind you all that this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Please go subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry after that, give my personal channel a look over at The Pacific War Channel at Youtube, it would mean a lot to me. China and Japan went through their own processes of modernization, which were dramatically different to say the least. Li Hongzhang was emerging at the forefront and he desperately was trying to help China modernize, but he was but one man amongst many.

In this episode of our series on the Meiji Restoration, the civil war between the supporters of the Emperor and the Shogun rages on. Meanwhile, the young Emperor Meiji makes the first steps towards reforming Japan into a modern, centralized nation-state. Email me Follow me on Twitter Like the show on Facebook Watch the show on YouTube Visit the eBay store Support the show on Patreon Works Cited: Beasley, W. G. The Meiji Restoration. Stanford University Press, 2019. Keene, Donald. Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His World 1852-1912. Columbia University Press, 2002. Hillsborough, Romulus. Samurai Revolution: the Dawn of Modern Japan through the Eyes of the Shogun's Last Samurai. Tuttle Publishing, 2018. Jansen, Marius B. The Making of Modern Japan. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2000. Ravina, Mark. The Last Samurai: The Life and Battles of Saigo Takamori. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2011.  Sansom, George. A History of Japan 1615-1867 Stanford University Press, 1998

The final tale of the storied Shinsengumi... split up into 2 parts. Kondo, head of the Shinsengumi, begins to have a taste of the power he always sought, even as Japan falls into the turmoil of the Boshin war.  Today's guest is Carly Shields! You can find her via her Twitter page, or listen to the excellent Greetings Adventurers podcast for which she helps produce! For more content follow me on @hikikomoripodcast on Instagram where I'll be posting photos relevant to this episode! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: Shinsengumi: The Shogun's Last Samurai Corps by Romulus Hillsborough (2005)

This week on Friday Night History, "Boshin War, Part Six - Saga Domain and Mr. Facing Both Ways" In which we continue to talk about another contributor to the Boshin War's victorious coalition, the northern Kyushu domain of Saga. To support this podcast, and for scripts, references, and bonus episodes, sign up at patreon.com/riversidewings. Check out the merch at Redbubble, or buy my new novel Grey Dawn via bit.ly/greydawnpaperback, and don't forget to follow me at Twitch, Facebook, Twitter, and itch.io! Thank you for being the wind beneath my wings.

This week on Friday Night History, "Boshin War, Part Five - Tosa is the Key" In which we continue to talk about the Boshin War's main trio of victors, continuing with Tosa. To support this podcast, and for scripts, references, and bonus episodes, sign up at patreon.com/riversidewings. Check out the merch at Redbubble, or buy my new novel Grey Dawn via bit.ly/greydawnebook, and don't forget to follow me at Twitch, Facebook, Twitter, and itch.io! Thank you for being the wind beneath my wings.

This week on Friday Night History, "Boshin War, Part Four - My Lord, Is It Time Yet?" In which we continue to talk about the Boshin War's main trio of victors, continuing with Chōshū. To support this podcast, and for scripts, references, and bonus episodes, sign up at patreon.com/riversidewings. Check out the merch at Redbubble, or buy my new novel Grey Dawn via bit.ly/greydawnebook, and don't forget to follow me at Twitch, Facebook, Twitter, and itch.io! Thank you for being the wind beneath my wings.

This week on Friday Night History, "Boshin War, Part Three: Prelude to an Empire's Bloody Birth." In which we talk about the Boshin War's victors, starting with Satsuma. To support this podcast, and for scripts, references, and bonus episodes, sign up at patreon.com/riversidewings. Check out the merch at Redbubble, or buy my new novel Grey Dawn via bit.ly/greydawnebook, and don't forget to follow me at Twitch, Facebook, Twitter, itch.io, gumroad!

This week on Friday Night History, "Boshin War, Part Two: Staggering Through Innovation." In which we talk about reforms, innovation, and why it wasn't enough to save the Tokugawa Shogunate. To support this podcast, and for scripts, references, and bonus episodes, sign up at patreon.com/riversidewings. Check out the merch at Redbubble, or buy my new novel Grey Dawn via bit.ly/greydawnebook, and don't forget to follow me at Twitch, Facebook, Twitter, itch.io, gumroad!

A return to form! This week on Friday Night History, "Boshin War, Part One: A Question of Layers." In which we talk about sense of scale, the importance of filling a gap in English language discussion on the war, and set out the lay of the land. To support this podcast, and for scripts, references, and bonus episodes, sign up at patreon.com/riversidewings. Check out the merch at Redbubble, or buy my new novel Grey Dawn via bit.ly/greydawnebook, and don't forget to follow me at Twitch, Facebook, Twitter, itch.io, gumroad!

In dieser Folge reisen wir nach Fernost in das Land der aufgehenden Sonne und lernen, dass Matthew Perry nicht nur eine Ikone der 1990er Jahre war. Der Schauspieler teilte seinen Namen nämlich außerdem mit einem Mann, der für das Schicksal Japans von entscheidender Bedeutung war und es nach jahrhundertelanger Abschottung zur Öffnung zwang. Florian nimmt uns mit in das turbulente Zeitalter des Boshin-Krieges und zur ersten Schlacht dieses Konfliktes bei Toba und Fushimi. In diesem Krieg wurde eine zentrale Frage für die Zukunft, Kultur und Tradition Japans geklärt: wer sollte über das Land herrschen? Wir lernen die beiden konkurrierenden Fraktionen kennen; einerseits das alte Tokugawa-Shogunat, das seit dem Ende des 16. Jahrhunderts für eine Zeit von Frieden, Stabilität und gesellschaftlichen Wandels sorgte. Dem gegenüber standen die Anhänger des Kaisertums, welches seit dem 7. Jahrhundert vor Christus bis heute fortbesteht und von derselben Dynastie gehalten wird. Wir erfahren warum »The Last Samurai« ein netter aber gescheiterter Historienfilm ist, was die Holländer in Nagasaki trieben, werfen einen Blick auf die »flüchtige Gesellschaft« und erfahren die Umstände, unter denen Tokyo seinen Namen bekam und noch einiges mehr. 楽しんで! The Shogunate YouTube Kanal Das Thema beginnt bei Minute 6:48 (für diejenigen Hörer*innen, die die vorhandene Kapitelmarken nicht nutzen können). Historia Universalis ist ein kostenloser Podcast. Eine Spende erhält das Angebot am Leben und motiviert uns noch mehr, dir regelmäßig Einblick in spannende Geschichtsthemen zu geben. Unterstütze Historia Universalis mittels einer Kaffeespende unter https://www.ko-fi.com/historiauniversalis oder durch eine Überweisung oder einen Dauerauftrag auf das Konto Historia Universalis, IBAN: DE40 5001 0517 5582 4359 02. Vielen Dank für deine Unterstützung. Support your Podcast!

Joe and Jack are joined by Dr. Nyri Bakkalian to discuss the Boshin War, a largely untapped goldmine for any kind of content, let alone wargaming content, along with some discussions of academia as it is nowadays. Join our discord: https://discord.gg/KnjnT5yQAc As always, special musical thanks: Smooth Lovin by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4379-smooth-lovin License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The Boshin War of 1868-1869 was a Japanese civil war fought between the Tokugawa Shogunate and Anti-Tokugawa Shogunate sonnō jōi backing Domains during the Bakumatsu period of the Meiji Restoration. The Satsuma Rebellion of 1877 was a war led by the Last Samurai, Saigō Takamori of Satsuma against the Meiji government of Japan. Saigō Takamori and 500 Samurai died making a last stand at the Battle of Shiroyama.

This Japanese history podcast will explain the Boshin War which was a Japanese Civil War during the Meiji Restoration and occurred in 1868-1869. The Boshin War heavily influenced Japanese History. Craig will explain to a very confused Justin exactly who was fighting and why they were fighting. 

Craig and Justin speak about the history and economics behind the Meiji Restoration. After 214 years of Sakoku, Japan was opened up by Commodore Matthew C Perry ushering in a new Era. The Meiji Restoration was the rapid modernization of Tokugawa Japan into the modern Era. The Tokugawa Shogunate system wouldnot survive the Bakumatsu period and would fall as a result of the Boshin war. The Samurai would make a last stand during the Satsuma Rebellion. The incredible industrialization of Japan under Emperor Meiji would change all aspects of Japan and would lead to the creation of the Empire of Japan.

A first preview episode of Friday Night History! This is the story of Asakusa Danzaemon, an eta leader in 1868 Japan, and his role in the Boshin War (1868-1869). For text, sources, and more, visit my blog and to support this podcast, consider becoming a patron on Patreon!

TESTO DELL'ARTICOLO ➜http://www.filmgarantiti.it/it/articoli.php?id=358LA STORIA VERA CHE HA ISPIRATO IL FILML'ultimo samurai è un film diretto da Edward Zwick uscito nel 2003, e mira a rendere onore alle tradizioni e ai valori dei samurai attraverso una vicenda storica. Ambientato nel Giappone del XIX secolo racconta la storia di un ex ufficiale americano alcolizzato (Tom Cruise), inviato per addestrare le truppe nipponiche dell'imperatore Meiji attraverso le tecniche militari moderne, contro i ribelli campeggiati dal comandante Katsumoto.Il film si inserisce nel filone storico/epico, in cui gli avvenimenti realmente accaduti vengono distorti per enfatizzare l'emozione e l'entusiasmo del pubblico. Nel film infatti confluiscono le dinamiche della Guerra Boshin (1868-1869) e la ribellione civile di Satsuma del 1877.Il personaggio di Tom Cruise è ispirato alla figura storica di Jules Brunet, nato a Belfort da una famiglia di retaggio militare e diplomato all'Ercole Polytencique a Parigi, che si avvia alla carriera militare entrando a far parte della scuola di artiglieria, dove si laurea. L'uomo partecipò all'intervento francese in Messico del 1862 ricevendo a fine missione la Legion D'Onore e divenendo capitano della cavalleria della guardia imperiale.Nel 1866 Napoleone III inviò un gruppo militare in Giappone per promuovere la modernizzazione delle truppe dello Shogun. Tra questi vi era Jules Brunet capitano istruttore d'artiglieria, incaricato di insegnare ai samurai le più innovative tattiche militari e formarli all'uso delle armi tecnologicamente più avanzate.Fino a quel momento il Giappone era stato chiuso al mondo occidentale e isolato nella sua cultura. In seguito al trattato di Kanagawa invece si permise alle navi occidentali di attraccare in due dei suoi porti, aprendo il mercato e il commercio all'Europa e all'America.L'evento venne percepito come uno shock culturale ed un attentato al potere delle classi aristocratiche, dividendo la nazione in due fazioni: quella aperta alla modernizzazione e quella tradizionalista.Nel 1868 le tensioni interne sfociarono nella guerra di Boshin, conosciuta anche come "la rivoluzione giapponese": da un lato l'imperatore Meiji di approccio modernista che supportava l'instaurazione del potere imperiale e dall'altro Tokugawa Shogunate che perseguiva l'idea di una dittatura militare composta da samurai d'élite.La guerra durò quattro mesi e rappresentò una vittoria decisiva per le truppe imperiali, portando molti signori feudali giapponesi a cambiare fazione dallo Shogun all'imperatore, inducendo alla fuga Brunet e l'ammiraglio dello Shogunato Enomoto Takeaki verso nord, nella capitale Edo (Tokyo) sulla nave da guerra Fujisan.Jules Brunet ignorò il richiamo in patria delle intere truppe francesi da parte di Napolone III, e proclamò la nascita della repubblica di Ezo, situata nell'isola di Hokkaidō, con Enamoto come presidente. Lo scontro decisivo avvenne nella Battaglia di Hakodate nel 1869, dove i 3.000 uomini ribelli di Enamoto vennero annientati dai 7.000 delle truppe imperiali. Nel film questa battaglia è resa con una scena finale di grande suggestione.Il comandante J. Brunet in seguito, fu costretto a scappare dal Giappone poiché dichiarato ufficialmente un nemico pubblico e riuscì, attraversando il Vietnam, a rientrare in Francia. Qui invece di essere processato trovò uno scalpitante appoggio pubblico che inneggiava al suo coraggio, alla sua determinazione e alla lealtà dimostrata, che ricalcavano i valori dei Samurai più coraggiosi, riuscendo così ad essere reinserito nell'esercito e concludendo la sua carriera militare diventando Generale e Capo di Stato Maggiore del Ministro della Guerra francese nel 1898.Nonostante le modifiche cinematografiche il film L'ultimo Samurai manifesta le sue radici in molteplici figure ed eventi storici, pur non essendo completamente fedele a nessuno di essi.Resta chiaro che la vera storia di Jules Brunet è stata la principale ispirazione per il personaggio di Tom Cruise. Brunet infatti ha rischiato la sua carriera e la sua vita per mantenere il suo onore di soldato, rifiutando di abbandonare le truppe che aveva addestrato quando gli era stato ordinato di tornare in Francia.

TESTO DELL'ARTICOLO ➜http://www.filmgarantiti.it/it/articoli.php?id=28IL CORAGGIO, L'ONORE E LA FEDELTA' DEI SAMURAINel 1876 un ex capitano dell'esercito statunitense, Nathan Algren, viene incaricato per conto dell'Impero giapponese di addestrare l'esercito dell'imperatore Meiji allo scopo di eliminare i samurai ribelli presenti nel territorio. Algren, veterano del 7º Reggimento di cavalleria, è alcolizzato e lavora pubblicizzando i fucili della Winchester. La missione affidatagli è per lui solo un modo per far soldi e fuggire da un ricordo terribile e opprimente. Arrivato in Giappone scopre un mondo in piena conflittualità tra la frenetica corsa alla modernità tecnologica e commerciale voluta dal nuovo e giovane imperatore e la cultura millenaria di un popolo dedito alla filosofia e alla guerra ideologica dei samurai. I generali giapponesi vogliono affrettare la fine della guerra e inviano subito le truppe per intercettare i samurai, anche se Algren cerca invano di convincerli che le truppe non sono pronte. Questa decisione si rivela troppo affrettata, e l'esercito, composto soprattutto da contadini, viene sconfitto dai ribelli (i quali invece vivono immersi in una filosofia che fa della guerra una vera e propria arte e ragion d'essere). Con la fuga disordinata dei suoi sottoposti, Algren rimane da solo; ferito e circondato, non si arrende neanche ai samurai che, scesi da cavallo per finirlo, rilassano la propria attenzione. Agli occhi del comandante avversario, Katsumoto, la testardaggine del proprio nemico vale a redimerlo dalla "colpa" di aver perso ed è simbolo di personalità e senso dell'onore, il tutto unito alla lancia utilizzata avente lo stendardo della tigre bianca, del quale Katsumoto coglie il messaggio; per questo motivo dà ordine di risparmiarlo e portarlo al proprio villaggio. Qui Algren impara a conoscere la cultura giapponese tradizionale (che non aveva avuto modo né voglia di approfondire a Yokohama, dove aveva addestrato il nuovo esercito), scoprendo che, ad esempio, i ribelli combattono per l'Imperatore, senza alcuna velleità secessionista; il suo mentore è lo stesso Katsumoto che, seppur contrario all'occidentalizzazione, non disprezza affatto la cultura esterna, ma ne è, al contrario, molto incuriosito. Il capitano decide di schierarsi al fianco dei ribelli e, col tempo, incomincia a essere trattato da pari dai samurai che aveva in precedenza combattuto. Uno dei primissimi abitanti del villaggio con cui instaura un rapporto personale è Taka, sorella di Katsumoto e vedova di Hirotaro (il quale era stato ucciso dallo stesso Algren in battaglia), di cui finisce per innamorarsi. I samurai combattono per le tradizioni e per l'Imperatore a cui sono fedeli fino alla morte e contro gli ideali occidentali del commercio e della tecnologia, voluta da politici e generali opportunisti. Il capo dei ribelli samurai, Katsumoto, incontra l'Imperatore Meiji, ma questi è troppo debole per opporsi al volere del Primo Ministro Omura e dei politici. Katsumoto viene arrestato e come da tradizione gli spetta il suicidio rituale, ma Algren e i samurai lo liberano e lo convincono a morire, non per suicidio, ma riguadagnando l'onore combattendo. Tutti sono consapevoli che le spade dei samurai non possono reggere al confronto con le armi da fuoco dell'esercito, nonostante ciò Katsumoto decide di sfidare l'esercito imperiale con al suo fianco Algren (che riceve l'armatura di Hirotaro).FILM ISPIRATO A UNA STORIA VERAL'ultimo samurai si basa su una storia vera, quella di Jules Brunet, un capitano ed istruttore d'artiglieria che sottostava agli ordini di Napoleone III, inviato in Giappone per insegnare le tattiche innovative militari: una volta arrivato nel paese del Sol Levante, sposa la causa ribelle, dopo essererimasto invischiato nella guerra Boshin.Katsumoto è un personaggio che si rifà al militare giapponese Saigō Takamori, samurai del feudo di Satsuma che trovò la morte nella battaglia di Shiroyama. Takamori incarnò la crisi d'identità della sua nazione, divisa tra l'accoglienza del modernismo e la difesa degli antichi valori samurai: Takamori guidò i samurai, come il Katsumoto nel film del 2003, cercando di combattere quel modernismo che si faceva ormai incombente, tentando di essere federe e di difendere fino all'ultimo tradizioni e valori di un mondo, quello samurai, che correva il rischio di scomparire, diventando uno dei grandi eroi nazionali del Giappone.

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This week, we'll cover the military campaigns of 1868. Edo will (surprisingly anticlimactically) fall, the north will rebel, and Matsudaira Katamori's domain of Aizu will be overrun after a brutal two month siege. In the end, only the small splinter territory of the Ezo Republic will be left standing.

In early 1868, the armies of the loyalists and the Tokugawa bakufu will clash outside Kyoto. We'll discuss the factors that led to the Battle of Toba-Fushimi, and why what was supposed to be a walk in the park for the Tokugawa turned into a complete disaster.

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