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Event war East Asia

Satsuma Rebellion

1877 CE

The last and greatest samurai revolt against Japan's modernizing Meiji government.

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Conflict · East Asia

Satsuma Rebellion

1877 CE

The last and greatest samurai revolt against Japan's modernizing Meiji government. Saigō Takamori led former samurai in a doomed rebellion that ended the warrior class and confirmed Japan's transformation into a modern state.

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