Japanese Armies 1868-1878 - The Boshin War and Satsuma Rebellion

Gabriele Esposito; Giuseppe Rava (Illustrator)

This title explains and illustrates the 19th-century transition of Japanese armies from traditional Samurai equipment and tactics to those of the Western world, and the armed clashes between the two cultures. The restoration of the Meiji Imperial dynasty in 1868, after 250 years of the Tokugawa Shoguna...