The Shogun's Last Samurai Corps: The Bloody Battles and Intrigues of the Shinsengumi

by Romulus Hillsborough

MP3 CD Format

The Shogun's Last Samurai Corps tells the thrilling story of the Shinsengumi--the legendary corps of Samurai warriors tasked with keeping order in Kyoto during the final chaotic years of the Tokugawa Shogunate (1600-1868).

This book recounts the fascinating tales of political intrigue, murder, and mayhem surrounding the fearsome Shinsengumi,

● The infamous slaughter at Ikidaya Inn where, after learning of a plan to torch the city, a group of Shinsengumi viciously attacked and killed a group of anti-Tokugawa plotters

● The bloody assassination of Serizawa Kamo, the Shinsengumi leader, under highly suspicious circumstances

● The final tumultuous battles of the civil war in which the Shinsengumi fought and died in a series of doomed last stands

Genres: Japan, Asia

1 pages, Audio CD

Published August 10, 2021

About the author

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 have been praised for their narrative style, historical accuracy, and cultural insight.

A lifelong practitioner of traditional Japanese martial arts, Hillsborough has trained in Shotokan karate for more than five decades under Tsutomu Ohshima, founder of Shotokan Karate of America and a direct student of Gichin Funakoshi, the father of modern karate.

Reviews

[Cecil K.Cainhurst · Rating 5 out of 5]

,,,ive been crying so much,,,,i think im gonna throw up.
The beautiful wording of this book coupled with the tragic story of the shinsengumi ,,,,,
Sobbing