Taking place in 1877, the Satsuma Rebellion was the ‘final’ revolt of the samurai against the new imperial government nine years into the Meiji Era — namely due to the abolition of the ...

This half-size (chuban) print portrays Saigo Takamori (1827-77), a samurai from the Satsuma domain and an imperial loyalist who participated in the final battles that ended the Tokugawa shogunate. He ...