Romulus Hillsborough's Samurai Revolution » Thinking outside the box: why all this samurai stuff matters in the 21st century

In 1858 the Tokugawa Bakufu, the shogun’s government, concluded its first trade treaties with Western nations including Great Britain, France, Holland and the United States, igniting the “sa...

https://www.samurai-revolution.com/japans-national-disgrace-of-1864-resembles-that-of-the-united-states-in-2020/

It was 20 years ago this month, December 3, 1999, that a group of us visited Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi at his official residence in Tokyo. Mr. Obuchi was a famous admirer of Sakamoto Ryoma. Our...

https://www.samurai-revolution.com/ryoma-life-of-a-renaissance-samurai-the-20th-anniversary-14/

Sakamoto Ryoma was assassinated in the Eleventh Month of the Japanese year that corresponds to 1867. John F. Kennedy was assassinated about ninety-six years later, on November 22, 1963. With this...

https://www.samurai-revolution.com/a-word-about-ryoma-jfk-and-hemingway/

This November 22 marks the 56th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. I deeply admire JFK and his brother Robert F. Kennedy; and I have had a near lifelong fascination of the Kenn...

https://www.samurai-revolution.com/ambassador-kennedys-note-about-samurai-revolution/

Though Sakamoto Ryoma was the author of the plan for the peaceful restoration of Imperial rule, he was also a leading proponent of Tobaku, “Down with the Bakufu.” These two seemingly contradi...

https://www.samurai-revolution.com/ryoma-and-nietzsche-continuing-the-discussionxxx/