(Friday Night History) #141 (S5E5)- Realignments

“On February 4, Bizen troops were passing through Kobe from the early morning, and about two o’clock in the afternoon the retinue of one of their karō shot an American sailor who had crossed the street just in front, which according to Japanese ideas was an insult that deserved mortal chastisement.” -Sir Ernest Mason Satow … Continue reading (Friday Night History) #141 (S5E5)- Realignments