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The Fall of Ezo, Japan’s “Samurai Democracy”

How Japan's samurai resistance fell to the pressure of history - and how its leader went from hatred traitor to respected leader.

The Last Samurai: Enomoto Takeaki and the Warrior Democracy of Ezo

The story of the samurai who fought the rise of modern Japan to the end - and who, when all else failed,…

The Colonization of Hokkaido: How a “Foreign” Frontier Became Japan

How a mysterious frontier island peopled by "barbarians" became one of the four main islands of Japan - and how the original…