THE REAL LAST SAMURAI
WITH AN EMPEROR, ASSASSINS, AND THE LAST SHOGUN ON EARTH
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Real-life
last samurai in the eve of the Meiji Restoration and the
aftermath, 1867-1890, comprised of different elements. One
of them, and the most famous of all, was a pack consisted
of these young warriors, defenders of the Tokugawa Shogunate.
They called themselves Shinsengumi.
People called them 'the Wolves of Mibu'. They hunted as
a pack, literally, through the streets and back alleys,
to delete Emperor Meiji's supporters from this planet. This
page digs the reason why, with pictures of the Shinsengumi
swordsmen in today's movies and other pop cultural products,
compared to the pix of the real men taken at their own times.
Pictures:
1.
The Shinsengumi banner, crest of the Tokugawa clan,
the pack's swords, and Shinsengumi leader Okita Soji.
2. Emperor Mutsuhito
(Meiji), his imported cannon, and the Japanese Imperial banner.
