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TIL the “last true samurai,” Saigō Takamori, helped overthrow the shogun but quit the Meiji government after they rejected war with Korea. In 1877, his samurai launched the Satsuma Rebellion but were crushed at Shiroyama where he asked his aide to behead him and hide his head to deny a complete win

TIL the “last true samurai,” Saigō Takamori, helped overthrow the shogun but quit the Meiji government after they rejected war with Korea. In 1877, his samurai launched the Satsuma Rebellion but were crushed at Shiroyama where he asked his aide to behead him and hide his head to deny a complete win
Confirmed: Saigō Takamori helped overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate, later led the Satsuma Rebellion, and died in 1877. His legacy as Japan’s ‘last true samurai’ endures.
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