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Romulus Hillsborough

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Romulus Hillsborough is a leading Western authority on the political upheaval and samurai of nineteenth-century Japan during the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate and the Meiji Restoration. His fascination with this period spans more than four decades, including sixteen years living in Japan, where he conducted original research and interviewed descendants of Bakumatsu-era figures.

He is the author of several acclaimed books on nineteenth-century Japan, specializing on the Bakumatsu era, including Ryoma: Life of a Renaissance Samurai, Samurai Revolution, Samurai Assassins, and the forthcoming Samurai Swordsmen: The Definitive History of the Shinsengumi amid the Fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate. His books have been published in nine languages and ...more

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Kondō Isami’s Driving Desire Shortly Before the Ikédaya Incident

At a house in the Shimabara pleasure quarter of Kyoto, probably around the Fourth Month of Genji 1, the Japanese calendrical year corresponding to 1864, Kondō Isami, commander of the Shinsengumi, inscribed three characters on the back of an iron-ribbed … Continue reading →

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	Shinsengumi: The Shogun's Last Samurai Corps 3.78 avg rating — 672 ratings — published 2005 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Samurai Revolution: The Dawn of Modern Japan Seen Through the Eyes of the Shogun's Last Samurai 4.13 avg rating — 168 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Samurai Tales: Courage, Fidelity, and Revenge in the Final Years of the Shogun by Romulus Hillsborough (Goodreads Author), Romulus Hillsborough (Goodreads Author) 3.73 avg rating — 100 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ryoma: Life of a Renaissance Samurai 4.07 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 1999 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shogun's Last Samurai Corps: The Bloody Battles and Intrigues of the Shinsengumi 4.26 avg rating — 23 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Samurai Sketches: From the Bloody Final Years of the Shogun 3.96 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Samurai Assassins: "Dark Murder" and the Meiji Restoration, 1853-1868 4.22 avg rating — 18 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Los Ultimos Samurais 3.64 avg rating — 11 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Samurai Tales: Courage, Fidelity, and Revenge in the Final Years of the Shogun by Romulus Hillsborough (Goodreads Author), Kiyoharu Omino (Foreword) 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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