This week, the Kawai family has finally made good in the world of feudal Wakayama–just in time for that world to come down around their ears. How did the family finally make it to the top, and what was it like for them to watch the shogunate and the samurai class itself implode?
Sources
Partner, Simon. Koume’s World: The Life and Work of a Samurai Woman Before and After the Meiji Restoration
Jansen, Marius. The Making of Modern Japan
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